Module 1: Steelmaking Fundamentals
  Lecture 3: Science base of Steelmaking
 

The criterion for equilibrium at constant temperature and pressure is the change in the integral molar free energy of the solution,  i.e.

for an infinitesimal process and        
(3)

  for a finite process

Where  is change in integral molar free energy

At constant temperature and pressure when , a process occurs spontaneously. For an isothermal chemical reaction say , where J is activity quotient and   is the standard free energy change. At equilibrium

, where K is  equilibrium  constant.
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