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Processes δg Decrease System’s Free Energy Spontaneous Energetically

Front Only processes that decrease the system’s free energy and so have a ___ ΔG are spontaneous (energetically favorable and occur without an input of energy), while processes that have a ___ or ___ ΔG are never spontaneous.
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positive / zero

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