General Phase Equilibrium Lecture 4 General Phase Equilibrium Minimum Energy Principle Degrees of freedom Gibbs-Duhem equation Equilibrium in multiphase systems Gibbs phase rule Problems
Minimum Energy Principle Maximum entropy principle: For isolated system the entropy is maximum in equilibrium Minimum energy principle: For a system kept at constant entropy and volume the energy is minimum in equilibrium The two principles are equivalent
Materials Stability Minimum Energy Taylor expansion of U (S,V) around equilibrium a c b
Materials Stability -2 Equivalent to Equivalent to Equivalent to We have,
Materials Stability - 3
Materials Stability - 4 Thus, Thermal stability Mechanical stability
State function and equilibrium NVE dS0 NVT dF0 NPT dG0 VT d(pV) 0
Degrees of freedom Definition: Number of independently variable intensive properties of the system Example: For a single phase system number of intensive variables describing the system C+2, where C is number of components. For example with N components there is n chemical potentials + pressure + temperature. However, there is one relationship, so-called Gibbs-Duhem equation that relates C=2 components with each other making only C+1 independent components. For example a single component gas has only 1+1 degrees of freedom (e.g., p,V)
Gibb-Duhem equation From definition of G But we also know that Thus
Multiphase multicomponent system The total energy of the system is the sum of the energy of each phase i labels components, j labels phases
Equilibrium in multiphase multicomponent system 0th law of thermodynamics - each phase has the same T dF = 0 at const T and leads to hydrostatic equilibrium dG = 0 at const P and T gives distributive equilibrium - chemical potential of a given component is the same in every phase
Chemical equilibrium In equilibrium at const P and T Example: 2H2(gas)+O2(gas) 2H2O(liquid) With dT=dP=0 In general for reaction AA+ BB CC+ DD
Gibbs Phase Rule At each phase the Gibbs-Duhem equation holds Therefore # of degrees of freedom, DOF = C+2-P, where P is number of phases
Problem 5.2 (modified) CO (gas) + H2O (gas) H2(gas) + CO2 (gas) 1. Why in general equilibrium composition depends on pressure 2. Is this the case for the reactions: and CO (gas) + H2O (gas) H2(gas) + CO2 (gas) 2H2(gas)+O2(gas) 2H2O(liquid)