Molecular Equilibrium with Condensation
Abstract
Minimization of the Gibbs energy of formation for species of chemical elements and compounds in their gas and condensed phases determines their relative abundances in a mixture in chemical equilibrium. The procedure is more general and more powerful than previous abundance determinations in multiphase astrophysical mixtures. Some results for astrophysical equations of state are presented, and the effects of condensation on opacity are briefly indicated.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
- Pub Date:
- February 1990
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1990ApJS...72..417S
- Keywords:
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- Chemical Equilibrium;
- Computational Astrophysics;
- Condensation;
- Equations Of State;
- High Temperature Plasmas;
- Molecular Clouds;
- Energy Transfer;
- Gibbs Free Energy;
- Opacity;
- Star Formation;
- Stellar Structure;
- Astrophysics;
- EQUATION OF STATE;
- MOLECULAR PROCESSES;
- OPACITIES