Non-unique reaction equilibria in non-ideal systems

✍ Scribed by H.S. Caram; L.E. Scriven

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1976
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 591 KB
• Volume: 31
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2509
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(76)85051-8

✦ Synopsis

Illustrations are given of non-ideal solutions of chemically reactive substances which display more than one equilibrium state, i.e. more than one relative minimum of Gibbs free energy. Simple cases are pairs of minima in symmetric regular solutions and unsymmetric Ma&es and van Laar solutions of two .isomers in reactive equilibrium. The accessibility of the absolute minimum is discussed. Im@ications are pointed out for the general problem of calculating equilibrium states in non-ideal reaction sylems.