Gibbs free energy of an ideal-gas mixture

ID: gibbs-free-energy-of-an-ideal-gas-mixture

For a single-phase ideal gas mixture with molar amounts , common temperature , and pressure , extensivity and ideal mixing give
Here , is the mole fraction, is the molar gas constant, and is the standard pressure. Integrating and including the ideal mixing entropy proves . Reactions can change , so fractions alone do not set the extensive Gibbs free energy. Its composition Hessian is ; it is positive semidefinite by the weighted Cauchy-Schwarz inequality.

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