from PART I - EQUILIBRIUM IN NATURAL WATERS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 December 2021
Whereas determining the equilibrium point of a single chemical reaction is a straightforward application of thermodynamics, calculating the distribution of chemical mass among aqueous species, solids, and gases in a system composed of an arbitrary number of thermodynamic components requires that perhaps hundreds or thousands of reactions be evaluated at the same time. This chapter lays out a general set of equations by which a computer algorithm can quickly and reliably determine the equilibrium state of a multicomponent chemical system.
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