Thermodynamics of Chemical Systems

The aim of this book is to develop the concepts and relations pertinent to the solution of many thermodynamic problems encountered in multi-phase, multi-component systems.

Scott Emerson Wood (Author), Rubin Battino (Author)

9780521330411, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 30 March 1990

460 pages
23.7 x 15.9 x 3.3 cm, 0.805 kg

"...a well-written book with the subject matter flowing smoothly from one chapter to the next....Researchers will find the book a valuable refresher and reference." Vilupanur A. Ravi, JOM

The aim of this book is to develop the concepts and relations pertinent to the solution of many thermodynamic problems encountered in multi-phase, multi-component systems. In doing so, it emphasizes a comprehension and development of general expressions for solving such problems, rather than ready-made equations for particular applications. Throughout the book, the methods of Gibbs are used with emphasis on the chemical potential. Many topics omitted in more elementary texts are amply discussed defining the state of a thermodynamic system, particularly the indifferent systems; the use of the Gibbs-Duhem equation in single-phase and multi-phase component systems; the conditions of stability for single-phase and multi-phase component systems; and the graphical representation of the thermodynamic functions. Special attention is given to reference and standard states. The material is presented in a rigorous and mathematical manner, and SI units are used throughout. A detailed bibliography is also included. Thermodynamics of Chemical Systems is intended for all those concerned with the application of thermodynamics to chemical systems, including biochemists, metallurgists, physicists, and materials scientists as well as chemists. Research workers and graduate students in these areas will find this work to be a valuable textbook and reference book.

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Temperature, heat, work, energy, enthalpy
3. The second law of thermodynamics: the entropy function
4. The Gibbs and Helmholtz energy functions and open systems
5. Conditions of equilibrium and stability: the phase rule
6. Partial molar quantities
7. Ideal gases and real gases
8. Liquids and solids: reference and standard states
9. Thermochemistry
10. Phase equilibrium
11. Chemical equilibrium
12. Equilibria in electrochemical systems
13. Surface effects
14. Equilibrium conditions in the presence of an external field
15. The third law of thermodynamics
Appendices
References
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Thermochemistry & chemical thermodynamics [PNRW]