Department of Geology

Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research

Combined First and Second Laws

Thermodynamic Components

Chemical Potential

Fugacity

The Phase Rule

Matter

Stress and Pressure

Fractures and Fracturing

Vapor/Melt and Mineral/Vapor Partitioning

Activity coefficients in low-T aqueous solutions

Thermodynamics of mixing with emphasis on crystalline solutions

Acknowledgments

 

This work would not be possible without the support of the National Science Foundation, the Department of Geology, and the University of Maryland.