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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 d Solution by
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The fugacity coefficient gives . Keep the same solid thermodynamic activities and pressure correction to a mineral reaction as in part (c), changing only the water chemical fugacity:The lower water chemical fugacity makes the dehydrated assemblage more favorable, so the equilibrium temperature decreases by about . This direction is a useful independent check on the logarithm's sign.
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