Solution

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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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