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Earth and Space Sciences · Glossary

What is Gibbs energy minimisation?

Definition 11.10 University Earth and Space Sciences — Year 3 · Chapter 11 — Thermodynamics of Rocks

Gibbs energy minimisation finds, at a given temperature and pressure, the set of phases, their compositions and their amounts that minimises the total Gibbs energy of a system of fixed bulk composition, subject to the conservation of each component.

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