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Methanol is slightly more acidic than water. Their $\mathrm{p}K_\mathrm{a}$ values, in water, are $15.5$ and $15.7$, respectively. All other aliphatic alcohols, however, are less acidic than water. Is the following reasoning correct? This is my best rationalization; is there anything better or ...

If two states $A$ and $ B$ are connected by a reversible path, they can never be connected by an irreversible path during an adiabatic process because: $\underbrace{\Delta U}_{\text{state function}} = \underbrace{\Delta W}_{\text{path function}}$ And $W_{reversible}> W_{irreversible}$ Now, At...

Chem.libretexts and almost all sites out their tell that an irreversible reaction is a unidirectional reaction and the chemical equation includes $\rightarrow$ instead of $\ce{<=>}: $ A fundamental concept of chemistry is that chemical reactions occurred when reactants reacted with each oth...