The free-energy minimization technique in the form developed in the preceding papers in this series is employed to evaluate thermodynamic quantities and ionization fractions on a fine temperature and density grid for six astrophysical mixtures of 15 elements. The mixtures range from that appropriate to super-metal-rich stars, through solar abundance, to that for extreme Population II objects. In this paper, the results for solar abundances are summarized in a form that is illustrative and which facilitates comparison with the results from other equation of state calculations.
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Mihalas et al. (1990) studied this question.