Which sequence correctly places the elements in order of increasing ionization energy? A)H-Be-Al-Ga
B)H-Li-Na-K
C)0-5-Se-Te
D)Br-CIF

while cooking a piece of 1/2 pound beef steak, a cast iron pan (2.4kg in weight) was heated 260 celsius.

a). in this case, dh> 0 and sd> 0. if t becomes larger, the term "-tds" will become more negative. at some point, it is possible that -dts will be more negative than the dh is positive, and the reaction will become spontaneous. this is probably the correct answer, but you should look at all of the other possibilities and make sure of that.