8.S: Phase Equilibrium (Summary)
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Learning Objectives
After mastering the material in this chapter, one will be able to
- State the thermodynamic criterion for equilibrium in terms of chemical potential.
- Derive and interpret the Gibbs Phase Rule.
- Derive the Clapeyron equation from the thermodynamic criterion for equilibrium.
- Interpret the slope of phase boundaries on a pressure-temperature phase diagram in terms of the relevant changes in entropy and molar volume for the given phase change.
- Derive the Clausius-Clapeyron equation, stating all of the necessary approximations.
- Use the Clausius-Clapeyron equation to calculate the vapor pressure of a substance or the enthalpy of a phase change from pressure-temperature data.
- Interpret phase diagrams for binary mixtures, identifying the phases and components present in each region.
- Perform calculations using Raoult’s Law and Henry’s Law to relate vapor pressure to composition in the liquid phase.
- Describe the distillation process, explaining how the composition of liquid and vapor phases can differ, and how azeotrope composition place bottlenecks in the distillation process.
- Describe how cooling curves are used to derive phase diagrams by locating phase boundaries.
Vocabulary and Concepts
- azeotrope
- Clapeyron equation
- Clausius-Clapeyron equation
- compositional degrees of freedom
- cooling curve
- distillation
- eutectic halt
- eutectic point
- Gibbs phase rule
- Henry’s Law
- incongruent melting
- lever rule
- lower critical temperature
- phase diagram
- platinum resistance thermometer
- Raoult’s law
- scanning calorimetry
- thermodynamic constraints
- triple point
- upper critical temperature
- volatile liquid
References
- Ferloni, P., & Spinolo, G. (1974). Int. DATA Ser., Sel. Data Mixtures, Ser. A, 70.
- Ghosh, P., Mezbahul-Islam, M., & Medraj, M. (2011). Critical assessment and thermodynamic modeling of Mg–Zn, Mg–Sn, Sn–Zn and Mg–Sn–Zn systems. Calphad, 36, 28-43.
- Nave, R. (n.d.). Saturated Vapor Pressure, Density for Water. (Georgia State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy) Retrieved April 7, 2016, from HyperPhysics: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu...ic/watvap.html
- Rossen, G. L., & Bleiswijk, H. v. (1912). Über das Zustandsdiagramm der Kalium-Natriumlegierungen. Zeitschrift für anorganische Chemie, 74(1), 152-156.
- Strouse, G. F. (2008, January). Standard Platinum Resistance Thermometer Calibrations from the Ar TP to the Ag FP. National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 250-81.