C. Thermodynamic Relationships Involving the Equilibrium Constant1

1 For the limitations and for further explanation of these relationships, see, for example, K. Denbigh, The Principles of Chemical Equilibrium, 3rd ed. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1971), p. 138.

For the gas-phase reaction

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1. The true (dimensionless) equilibrium constant

RT lnK = –ΔG

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where ai is the activity of species i

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where γi is the activity coefficient

K = True ...

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