The_J said
Enthalpy is the energy contained in a substance. It is essentially chemical potential energy. When something loses enthalpy, it releases it as heat, in an exothermic reaction. When something gains enthalpy, it takes in heat, in an endothermic reaction.Something like burning is exothermic, and I can't think of an endo ones right now.When you make a chemical bond, that releases energy (I know, weird), so it's at a lower enthalpy state. When you destroy a chemical bond, that takes in energy, so it's at a higher enthalpy state.I believe that the way Nimda refers to enthalpy is done with some heavy artistic license, because if it was literal, it would mean increasing enthalpy just makes something more likely to react (kinda) and decreasing slows a reaction (kinda).Perhaps an explanation from Nimda is in order?
Nimda and Etcetera (and Legend Begins and Legend and a few others) are all the same person.