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Reactors: conversion, equilibrium, Gibbs

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Three ways to model a reactor

LensaSim gives you three reactor models, and choosing the right one is a real skill.

A Conversion reactor is the bluntest: you tell it what fraction of a reactant reacts. An Equilibrium reactor is smarter: you give it a reaction and it finds how far it goes from the equilibrium constant K(T). The Gibbs reactor is the most powerful: you specify no reactions at all — it minimizes the total Gibbs free energy and predicts the equilibrium composition from the elements alone.

Conversion (you set extent) → Equilibrium (K decides) → Gibbs (predicts everything).

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