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[edit] Misnomer

"Although this reaction is thermodynamically unfavourable, the evolution of CO₂ drives the reaction forward." This statement is confused, I think the author meant that the reaction is enthalpically unfavourable but is driven by the favourable entropy increase due to CO₂ release, hence giving an overall negative Gibbs Free Energy. After all, entropy is part of thermodynamics :), could this be clarified? I wanted to check the author's meaning before I corrected it myself. Azo bob (talk) 20:17, 19 May 2008 (UTC)