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HSC Chemistry 7.0 User's Guide

Volume 1 / 2
Chemical Reaction and Equilibrium Software
with Extensive Thermochemical Database
and Flowsheet Simulation
Antti Roine 09006-ORC-J

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Appendices

Related reports 06120-ORC-T, 99079-ORC-T, 97036-ORC-T, 94027-ORC-T

Project number 20000139
Keywords Thermodynamics, Thermochemistry
ISBN 978-952-92-6242-7
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ABSTRACT
HSC Chemistry is designed for various kinds of chemical reactions and equilibria
calculations. The current version contains fifteen basic calculation modules for single
process units and displayed as options in the HSC main menu:
1. Reaction Equations 9. Phase Stability Diagrams
2. Heat and Material Balances 10. Mineralogy Iterations
3. Heat Loss Calculations 11. Composition Conversions
4. Equilibrium Compositions 12. Elements
5. Electrochemical Equilibria 13. Water (Steam Tables)
6. Formula Weights 14. Aqua
7. Eh - pH Diagrams 15. Units
8. H, S, C and G Diagrams

The process simulation modules (Sim, Geo, Data and Map) makes possible to connect the
single process units with each others with streams. This makes possible to simulate the
whole chemical process made of several process units, see details from HSC-Sim manual.

The name of the program is based on the feature that all calculation options automatically
utilize the same extensive thermochemical database which contains enthalpy (H), entropy
(S) and heat capacity (C) data for more than 25000 chemical compounds. This database is
equivalent to more than seventeen thick data books.

The objective of HSC is to make conventional thermodynamic calculations fast and easy to
carry out using personal computers. Therefore HSC has a wide range of application
possibilities in scientific education, industry and research. Thermochemical calculations are
useful, for example, when developing new chemical processes and improving old ones.
HSC Chemistry is also a useful tool for universities and schools in chemical practicals and
studies.

Traditionally, thermodynamic calculations based on experimental or assessed data have

utilized stability functions in various thermodynamic data books and papers in scientific
journals. The difficult searching stage and complicated calculations, as well as
inconsistencies arising from different selections of standard and reference states, have made
this calculation procedure quite time-consuming.

HSC Chemistry offers powerful calculation methods for studying the effects of different
variables on the chemical system at equilibrium. For example, if the user gives the raw
materials, amounts and other conditions of almost any chemical process, the program will
give the amounts of the product as a result. HSC also makes heat and material balance
calculations of different processes much more easily than any manual method. The Eh-pH-
diagrams option of HSC also offers a very fast way of studying the dissolution and
corrosion behavior of different materials.

Of course, HSC does not solve all chemical problems, because it does not take into account
the kinetics (rates) of the chemical reactions and non-ideality of solutions. However, in
many cases it is a very inexpensive and useful tool which helps to find the optimum reaction
conditions and yields for experimental investigations without expensive trial-and-error
chemistry.
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CONTENTS
ABSTRACT

00 HSC Chemistry 7 5 pages

01 Copyright Notice and Warranty 1 page
02 Technical Support 1 page
03 Errors and Bugs 1 page
04 HSC License Agreement 3 pages
05 Registration Card 2 pages
06 Whats New in HSC 5 21 pages
06 Whats New in HSC 6 6 pages
06 Whats New in HSC 6.1 3 pages
06 Whats New in HSC 7 32 pages
07 Installation to Hard Disk 7 pages
08 Introduction 8 pages
09 Operating Instructions 6 pages
10 Reactions Equations 12 pages
11 Heat and Material Balance 25 pages
12 Heat Loss 41 pages
13 Equilibrium Module 37 pages
14 Equilibrium Samples 18 pages
14 Seawater Sample 10 pages
15 Cell Equilibria 4 pages
16 Formula Weights 2 pages
17 Eh - pH - Diagrams 19 pages
18 Eh - pH - Samples 16 pages
19 H, S, C and G Diagrams 5 pages
20 Diagram Graphics 13 pages
21 Phase Stability Diagrams 9 pages
22 Mineralogy Iterations 8 pages
23 Composition Conversions 1 page
24 Elements Module 3 pages
25 Water 11 pages
26 Units Module 3 pages
27 Excel Add-Ins 14 pages
28 HSC - Databases 34 pages
29 Hydrocarbons 7 pages
30 Acknowledgements 2 pages
31 Thermochemical Data Sources 2 pages
32 References 1 page
33 Data References 32 pages
34 Species 73 pages
35 HSC DLL Tools 7 pages
36 Aqua Module 27 pages
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40 HSC-Sim User's Guide 70 pages

41 Sim Reactions Example 9 pages
42 Sim Distributions 8 pages
43 Sim Distributions Sample 27 pages
44 Sim Distributions Examples 26 pages
45 Sim Particles 56 pages
46 Sim Particles Examples 92 pages
47 Sim Experimental 20 pages
48 Sim Mass Balancing 50 pages
49 Sim Mass Balancing Examples 49 pages
56 Sim Flowsheet Wizards 7 pages
79 Sim Data Fit 9 pages
80 HSC Data 23 pages
84 HSC Geo 62 pages
85 HSC Geo - Files 2 pages
86 Minerals Database 17 pages
87 Particle Tracking 1 page
90 Map Stock Control 30 pages
91 Map Basics 8 pages
99 HSC7 Order Form - Academic 2 pages
99 HSC7 Order Form - Companies 2 pages
99 HSC7 Order Form - Quote 1 page