Thermodynamic stability and phase transitions in systems with a chemical reaction

M. Gitterman, V. Steinberg

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Abstract

Instability in a system with a chemical reaction occurs at those values of the thermodynamic variables which correspond to an appearance of multiple solutions of the law of mass action. As a result of the first order phase transition, the system separates into several phases with different reactant concentrations. Several descriptions of the isomerization reaction are presented, namely, the model of a regular solution, the van der Waals approximation, and the lattice gas model.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2763-2770
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Chemical Physics
Volume69
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1978

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