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Energy and Catalysis

Cell Reactions That Release or Store Energy

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Cell reactions can either release energy or store it for later use. In chemistry, this difference is described by the value of ΔG, or free energy change. When energy is released during a reaction, ΔG is negative. The products then have less free energy than the reactants because some free energy has been given off.

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Si la variation d’énergie libre est inférieure à zéro, le processus est spontané et s’appelle une réaction exergonique. En revanche, si la variation d’énergie libre est supérieure à zéro, le processus n’est pas spontané et la réaction est endergonique.

Pour comparer les changements d’énergie de différentes réactions, le changement d’énerg...

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