Spontaneous Process Defined
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A spontaneous process is one that occurs on its own under a given set of conditions, without a continual outside input of energy.
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Ice at room temperature melts on its own; no outside push is needed to start it.
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Students often label any exothermic or "natural-seeming" process spontaneous without checking the actual conditions involved.