The graphic depicts the system reduced Gibbs free energy, G/RT, relative to its initial value at 1 mol CH4 and 2 mol S2, for T = 1000 K and P = 1.5 atm. The contours show G/RT with respect to the extents of each reaction, and the equilibrium composition occurs at the minimum point of the surface.

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