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A reaction with $Δ H < 0$ and $Δ S > 0$ is

Aspontaneous only at high temperatures
Bspontaneous at all temperatures
Cspontaneous only at low temperatures
Dnon-spontaneous at all temperatures

Answer: B

Δ G = Δ H - T Δ S

. With

Δ H

negative and

- T Δ S

negative,

Δ G

is negative at every temperature, so the reaction is always spontaneous.

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