Bar 2026-10-25
A pressure unit defined by . In a logarithmic gas thermodynamic activity, a pressure expressed in bars must still be divided by the same-unit reference pressure to form a dimensionless ratio.
Use the pressure correction to a mineral reaction for the solids, and the gas thermodynamic activity for water. These are separate contributions: do not also add a gas-volume pressure correction after including . For this reaction,
At with pure solids and an ideal gas, and the solid-activity ratio is one. Therefore
and
The pressure unit in the solid term is bar, matching the supplied . The gas logarithm is dimensionless because . High water chemical fugacity opposes dehydration and raises the equilibrium temperature substantially.