HSC Chemistry 7.0 - Chemical Reaction and Equilibrium Software

HSC Chemistry is the world's favorite thermochemical software with a versatile flowsheet simulation module. HSC is designed for various kinds of chemical reactions and equilibria calculations as well as process simulation.

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 applications 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 also offers a very fast way of studying the dissolution and corrosion behavior of different materials.

Of course, HSC cannot 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 optimal reaction conditions and yields for experimental investigations without expensive trial-and-error chemistry.

Calculation Modules

The current HSC version 7.0 contains 22 calculation modules:

• 1. Sim – Process simulation
• 2. Reactions Equations
• 3. Heat and Material Balances
• 4. Heat Loss Calculator
• 5. Equilibrium Calculations
• 6. Electrochemical Cell Equilibriums
• 7. Eh-pH Diagrams – Pourbaix
• 8. H, S, C and Ellingham Diagrams
• 9. Tpp Diagrams – Stability diagrams
• 10. Lpp Diagrams – Stability diagrams
• 11. Water – Steam tables, etc.
• 12. Formula Weights
• 13. Conversions – Species to elements
• 14. Mineralogy Iterations
• 15. Periodic Chart – Elements
• 16. Measure Units
• 17. HSC AddIn Functions
• 18. Data – Statistical analysis
• 19. Geo – Mineralogical calculations
• 20. Map – GPS material stock
• 21. Fit – Numerical Data fit
• 22. Aqua

Databases

The databases are extremely important parts of the HSC software. They make it possible to carry out many types of thermochemical, heat transfer and simulation calculations easily. The HSC 6 contains 11 databases. The largest and most important one is the H, S and Cp database with more than 20000 species. However, the other databases may also contain vital information depending on your application.

• 1. H, S and Cp Thermochemical Database
• 2. Water Steam/Fluid Database
• 3. Heat Conduction Database
• 4. Heat Convection Database
• 5. Surface Radiation Database
• 6. Gas Radiation Calculator
• 7. Particle Radiation Calculator
• 8. Elements Database
• 9. Measure Units Database
• 10. Minerals Database with 3581 minerals
• 11. Aqueous Solution Density Database
• 12. The Pitzer parameter database

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