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Behavior of Gibbs Free Energy near a Phase Change

Consider how the molar Gibbs energy changes near the equilbirum temperature in an environment that is a constant fixed pressure:

Figure 16-1: Illustration of the behaviors of the molar Gibbs free energies for two phases behave as a function of temperature and as a function of added heat.
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W. Craig Carter 2002-10-15