Gibbs-Duhem integration parameters

The behaviour of most metallurgically important solutions could be described by certain simple laws. These laws and several other pertinent aspects of solution behaviour are described in this section. The laws of Raoult, Henry and Sievert are presented first. Next, certain parameters such as activity, activity coefficient, chemical potential, and relative partial and integral molar free energies, which are essential for thermodynamic detailing of solution behaviour, are defined. This is followed by a discussion on the Gibbs-Duhem equation and ideal and nonideal solutions. The special case of nonideal solutions, termed as a regular solution, is then presented wherein the concept of excess thermodynamic functions has been used. 

These data can be studied in two ways. The first is to use the Gibbs-Duhem equation and numerical integration methods to calculate the vapor-phase mole fractions, as considered in Problem 10.2-6. A second method is to choose a liquid-phase activity coefficient model and determine the values of the parameters in the model that give the best fit of the experimental data. We have, from Eq. 10.2-2b, that at the jth experimental point... 

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