Free Energy & Chemical Equilibrium
A 27-module path through free energy & chemical equilibrium, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- The Helmholtz Energy
- Helmholtz Energy and Maximum Work
- The Gibbs Energy
- Gibbs Energy as the Criterion of Spontaneity
- Gibbs Energy and Maximum Non-Expansion Work
- The Fundamental Equations of Thermodynamics
- Natural Variables of the Thermodynamic Potentials
- The Maxwell Relations
- Thermodynamic Equations of State
- Temperature Dependence of the Gibbs Energy
- The Gibbs–Helmholtz Equation
- Pressure Dependence of the Gibbs Energy
- Gibbs Energy of an Ideal Gas with Pressure
- The Chemical Potential
- Chemical Potential of an Ideal Gas
- Activity and Fugacity
- The Extent of Reaction
- The Reaction Gibbs Energy
- Equilibrium as the Minimum of Gibbs Energy
- Standard Reaction Gibbs Energy and ΔG°–K Relation
- The Equilibrium Constant Kp
- The Thermodynamic Equilibrium Constant Ka
- Relating Kp, Kc, and Kx
- Temperature Dependence of K: The van't Hoff Equation
- Le Chatelier's Principle and Response to Perturbations
- Effects of Pressure and Inert Gases on Equilibrium
- Coupled Reactions and Thermodynamic Driving