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What is Gibbs energy–composition diagram?

Also known as: Gibbs energy--composition diagram

Definition 11.7 University Earth and Space Sciences — Year 3 · Chapter 11 — Thermodynamics of Rocks

A Gibbs energy–composition diagram plots, at fixed temperature and pressure, the molar Gibbs energy of each phase of a system against its composition. The stable assemblage of any bulk composition lies on the lower convex hull of the curves: a single phase where its curve is on the hull, two phases at the ends of a common tangent.

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