Quiz 6

1. What is stable equilibrium?
2. State the conditions for spontaneous change, equilibrium and stability in terms of entropy and Gibbs functions.
3. What is metastable equilibrium? How does it differ for unstable equilibrium?
4. Write down the condition for mechanical stability?
5. Derive the condition for thermal stability.
6. What is the implication of mechanical stability?
7. State the conditions for stability
8. What is local equilibrium?