Chapter 19 - Spontaenous Change: Entropy and Gibbs Energy - 19-1 Concept Assessment - Page 821: 19-1

No, spontaneous and non-spontaneous concepts do not refer to the kinetics of a process, but it only refers to its thermodynamics. The two terms indicate whether the reaction will proceed without external intervention or not. Spontaneous means that the reaction occurs without external intervention, while non-spontaneous means that the reaction can not proceed without external intervention, so both terms are not a measure of how fast a reaction proceeds; a spontaneous process is not necessarily fast, and a non-spontaneous process is not necessarily slow.

No, spontaneous and non-spontaneous concepts do not refer to the kinetics of a process, but it only refers to its thermodynamics. The two terms indicate whether the reaction will proceed without external intervention or not. Spontaneous means that the reaction occurs without external intervention, while non-spontaneous means that the reaction can not proceed without external intervention, so both terms are not a measure of how fast a reaction proceeds; a spontaneous process is not necessarily fast, and a non-spontaneous process is not necessarily slow.