So I can in a very straightforward way say, OK, well, here is my Helmholtz free energy.

所以我可以很直接的说，这就是我的亥姆赫兹自由能。

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And knowing now how to calculate these free energies especially the Helmholtz and the Gibbs free energies,that's what's going to guide us in really calculating quantitatively, OK, where will equilibrium lie.

知道如何计算,这些自由能,尤其是亥姆赫兹和吉布斯自由能之后,这些数值计算就能告诉我们，平衡态到底是什么样子。

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What that's going to allow us to do is, if we say, OK I have a mixture of stuff, how does the free energy change?

我们能够说的是，如果我们有一份混合物，自由能怎么变化？

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