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<jats:p> In this article, the condensation potential for a multiphase moisture sorption system is investigated. The moisture content of a porous material can be imagined as system state, moving through the hill-and-valley landscape of the potential. The condensation potential is determined in linear approximation from the general formula of Part I. Then, the potential is calculated in a unified manner for a broad range of physical moisture sorption mechanisms described in the literature: Van der Waals, capillary condensation, surface sorption, micropore sorption and chemisorption (diffusion–reaction). Non-hysteretic and hysteretic cases are considered. The condensation potentials are illustrated with examples. </jats:p>