Equilibrium and Non-equilibrium Non-stoichiometry
Poster
Equilibrium and Non-equilibrium
Non-stoichiometry
V. N. Gurin
Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences,
194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
Keywords: Non-stoichiometry; Equilibrium
Thermodynamic causes of non-stoichiometry (the so-called equili-
brium non-stoichiometry) are based on the higher thermodynamic
stability at T > 0 K of the non-stoichiometric composition as com-
pared to the stoichiometric composition [1]
