I. Fishtik et al., NOVEL FORMULATION OF THE GIBBS-ENERGY CHANGE IN TERMS OF STOICHIOMETRICALLY UNIQUE RESPONSE REACTIONS, Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. A, A journal of physical sciences, 51(10-11), 1996, pp. 1079-1083
The equation for the change of Gibbs energy in complex chemical system
s is reformulated in terms of the newly conceived response reactions (
RERs). The present formulation has the remarkable property of being un
ique: the composition of the species unequivocally determines the resp
onse reactions and via them the change of the Gibbs energy of the syst
em. Furthermore, it enables one to reinterpret and rationalize some ba
sic concepts of chemical thermodynamics, as coupling between reactions
, sensitivity coefficients, etc.