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AGarth Nicolson
BJames Danielli
CHugh Davson
DJosiah Gibbs
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Josiah Gibbs
1. A measurement of free energy quantifies the energy transfers in chemical reactions.
2. Free energy is called Gibbs free energy, abbreviated with the letter G.
3. It is named after Josiah Willard Gibbs, the scientist who developed the measurement.
4. Davson, Danielli and Nicolson are associated with models of membrane structure rather than with energy measurement.
_Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 6 "Metabolism", section 6.2 Potential, Kinetic, Free, and Activation Energy_
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