On the Behavior of a Chemical Equilibrium System when Its Free Energy Parameters Are Changed

摘要

One aspect of RAND work on the development of computer models to represent physiological subsystems is concerned with the resolution of attendant problems of theoretical and computational mathematics. In a previous MemorandumMass Action Laws and the Gibbs Free Energy Function. N. Z. Shapiro and L. S. Shapley, RM-3935-PR. December 1963 (AD-426 718) the use of the Gibbs free energy function vis-'a-vis the mass action laws for the analysis of complex chemical systems was considered. The present Memorandum continues that discussion, obtaining an inequality concerning the effect on a chemical system of changing its free energy parameters. (Author)