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Offline elt2112

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Phase rule
« on: May 21, 2015, 10:32:15 AM »
Would anyone be able to explain this to me please, I understand the phase rule is
F = C - P + 2
where F is degrees of freedom
C is number of compounds
P is number of phases in thermodynamic equilibrium
But I don't understand how this relates to the partial pressure and how I can sketch this?

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Re: Phase rule
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2015, 11:40:53 AM »
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C is number of compounds
C is the number of components. Do you understand the difference? How many components are there in this system?
Assuming one degree of freedom is fixed (T = 1000°C), how many degrees of freedom are there for PO2 to vary in each region of the diagram?

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Re: Phase rule
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2015, 12:47:45 PM »
In the "Temperature - mole ratio" two-component phase diagrams the pressure is considered to be fixed (must be specified), so the phase rule is reduced to F = C - P + 1

If you add pressure, it is going to be a three dimensional diagram and you use F = C - P + 2

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Re: Phase rule
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2015, 04:43:20 AM »
The question asks you to fix the temperature and sketch pressure vs. mole ratio, so again F = C - P + 1

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