Conditions for thermodynamic equilibrium: the function availability

[摘要] The thermodynamic equilibrium is a state defined by conditions which depend upon some characteristics of the system. It requires thermal, mechanical, chemical and phase equilibrium. Continuum thermodynamics, its radical restriction usually called homogeneous processes thermodynamics, as well as the classical thermodynamic science of reversible processes, each of them defines equilibrium in a differing way. But these definitions lead to the same physical contents.

[学科分类] 化学（综合）

[关键词] thermodynamic equilibrium;continuum thermodynamics;availability function.