The Principles of Chemical Equilibrium
With Applications in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

This edition has been extensively revised in the light of recent contributions to the literature.

K. G. Denbigh (Author)

9780521281508, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 26 March 1981

520 pages
21.6 x 13.8 x 2.7 cm, 0.602 kg

"...equally useful to students in their final years of either a chemistry or a chemical engineering degree." Journal of Chemical Education

This is the fourth edition of an established textbook of chemical thermodynamics used by university and technical college students of chemistry and chemical engineering. The text covers the same ground as previous editions, presenting the general theory of chemical equilibrium, including its statistical development, and illustrating its many applications in the laboratory and industry. This edition has been extensively revised in the light of recent contributions to the literature. Many new references have been added; the re-writing of certain passages, especially of those concerning the statistical interpretation of entropy and the present understanding of order-disorder transitions, also reflects changes of emphasis.

Preface to the first edition
Preface to the fourth edition
List of symbols
Values of physical constants
Part I. The Principles of Thermodynamics: 1. First and second laws
2. Auxiliary functions and conditions of equilibrium
Part II. Reaction and Phase Equilibria: 3. Thermodynamics of gases
4. Equilibria of reactions involving gases
5. Phase rule
6. Phase equilibria in single component systems
7. General properties of solutions and the Gibbs-Duhem equation
8. Ideal solutions
9. Non-ideal solutions
10. Reaction equilibrium in solution
Part III. Thermodynamics in Relation to the Existence of Molecules: 11. Statistical analogues of entropy and free energy
12. Partition function of a perfect gas
13. Perfect crystals and the third law
14. Configurational energy and entropy
15. Chemical equilibrium in relation to chemical kinetics
Appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: Chemistry [PN]