Study of improved methods for predicting chemical equilibria. Final technical report, April 1, 1993--August 31, 1997

A long-standing goal of chemical engineers and chemists has been the development of techniques for accurate prediction of the thermodynamic properties of isolated molecules. The thermochemical functions for an ideal gas then provide a means of computing chemical equilibria, and such computations can be extended to condensed phase chemical equilibria with appropriate physical property data. Such capability for predicting diverse chemical equilibria is important in today`s competitive international economic environment, where bringing new products to market rapidly and efficiently is crucial. The purpose of this project has been to develop such computational methods for predicting chemical equilibria.