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Past exam of the year 2 of the earth sciences (geology) course of the University of Oxford 2023 Paper 1 7 a Solution by
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For pure phases at the reference pressure , the Gibbs energy of reaction is . Chemical equilibrium requires , soThe reaction is muscovite dehydration to sanidine, corundum and water; its positive standard entropy of reaction makes the product assemblage favored at high temperature under this constant-property approximation.
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