Question

Name the two criteria which must be met for a process
to be spontaneous regardless of the temperature.


Please answer if possible.

I really need it....... ​

Answer 1

ANSWER:

So the two conditions for a reaction to be spontaneous are:

1.tendency to achieve minimum energy

2.tendency to achieve maximum randomness.

EXPLANATION:

Both these things are contrasting and the only way I see them working are when they work independent of each other. Do these work simultaneously?

I am really having a hard time in figuring out a reaction where energy decreases and entropy increases. Can this happen?