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Chemical Potential Calculator
Blue fields allow input; press <RETURN> to calculate.
This calculator gets an estimate of the chemical potential of the molecules (atoms in case of “½ H2” and “½ O2”) as required for so-called ab-initio thermodynamics or calculating adsorption/desorption equilibria in surface physics. It assumes an ideal gas, but it does not care whether the substance would exist as a gas under the given conditions. In case of doubt, use the Vapor Pressure Calculator to make sure.
Data sources:
Based on M. W. Chase, NIST-JANAF Thermochemical Tables. Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data Monograph 9 (American Chemical Society & American Institute of Physics for the National Institute of Standards and Technology; Washington, D.C. & Woodbury, N.Y., 1998), using parametrization (Shomate Equation) from webbook.nist.gov.
Equations: K. Reuter and M. Scheffler, Phys. Rev. B 65, 035406 (2001) [Erratum in Phys. Rev. B 75, 049901 (2007)].
Copyright © by Michael Schmid, IAP/TU Wien Surface Physics Group 2018. No warranty for correctness of results.