8) C(diamond) → C(graphite)
delta G° = -2.9 kJ/molrxn
Which of the following best explains why the reaction represented above is not observed to occur at
room temperature?
(A) The rate of the reaction is extremely slow because of the relatively small value of AGº for
the reaction.
(B) The entropy of the system decreases because the carbon atoms in graphite are less ordered
than those in diamond.
(C) The reaction has an extremely large activation energy due to strong three-dimensional
bonding among carbon atoms in diamond.
(D) The reaction does not occur because it is not thermodynamically favorable.

answer: the primary difference between a hypothesis and a theory is that b hypothesis is falsifiable, but a theory has been proven to be correct. theory is an explanation of something that is happening but hypothesis is a guess of something that can happen

explanation:

i think it's letter a.

answerlinnaeus;

explanation:

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two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.