GMIN, A computerized chemical equilibrium program using a constrained minimization of the gibbs free energy: Summary report

Chemical Equilibrium and Reaction Models

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 377-407

  Felmy, Andrew R ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous electrolyte solution; Chemical equilibrium problem; Chemical potentials; Davies equation; Free energy models; Gibbs free energy; GMIN; Pitzer equations; Solid solution phases; Thermodynamic models

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102915015     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaspecpub42.c18     Document Type: Chapter

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