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What industry benefited from Gibbs' work later?

  • Automotive

  • Industrial Chemistry

  • Telecommunications

  • Railroad

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The chemical industry widely benefited from Theoretical foundation and experimental techniques pioneered by Josiah Willard Gibbs. His groundbreaking work in thermodynamics, particularly the Gibbs free energy concept, provided a systematic framework for understanding and predicting chemical processes. This theoretical foundation became instrumental in the development and optimization of industrial chemical processes, leading to significant advancements in fields such as electrochemistry, metallurgy, and petroleum refining.
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