Since no chemical process is 100% efficient, some Gibbs free energy is always "wasted" and converted to ____ instead of doing useful work.

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Gibbs free energy is the energy available to do useful work in a system, and any energy that is not used for work is dissipated as heat. Therefore, the correct answer is C, heat. The other options (A, B, D, and E) are forms of energy that can be produced by chemical reactions, but they are not the result of energy being "wasted."

Since No Chemical Process Is 100% Efficient, Some Gibbs Free