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ALudwig Boltzmann
BRudolf Julius Clausius
CNicolas Sadi Carnot
DJosiah Willard Gibbs
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Josiah Willard Gibbs
1. Free energy was designed to avoid tracking the surroundings.
2. An alternative approach used a new thermodynamic property.
3. That property was defined in terms of system properties only.
4. It was introduced by American mathematician Josiah Willard Gibbs.
_Source: OpenStax Chemistry 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 16 'Thermodynamics', sections 16.1-16.4_
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