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"Some of the phases are more thermodynamically stable, so that's where the catalyst inherently wants to end up," says Porosoff.

From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2026

For example, the production of elemental zinc from zinc sulfide is thermodynamically unfavorable, as indicated by a positive value for ΔG°:

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Therefore, he posited, rambunctious ghosts could be thermodynamically exorcised by simply exposing them to an open microwave oven.

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2017

By definition, amyloids should seed and propagate in the presence of a suitable concentration of monomer and a permissive environment — this is simply a thermodynamically driven physico-chemical process.

From Nature • Nov. 8, 2016

Considered thermodynamically, voltaic cells must be divided 224 into reversible and non-reversible systems.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various