Liquids, Solutions, and Interfaces : From Classical Macroscopic Descriptions to Modern Microscopic Details.

Fundamental Constants1. The Thermodynamics of Liquid Solutions2. The Structure of Liquids3. Electrolyte Solutions4. Polar Solvents5. Spectroscopic Studies of Liquid Structure and Solvation6. Non-Equilibrium Phenomena in Liquids and Solutions7. Chemical Reaction Kinetics in Solution8. Liquids and Sol...

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Main Author: Fawcett, W. Ronald
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cary : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Series:Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory series in science and engineering.
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Table of Contents:
  • Fundamental Constants; 1. The Thermodynamics of Liquid Solutions; 1.1 Most Liquid Solutions Are Not Ideal; 1.2 Concentration Units; 1.3 Thermodynamic Quantities; 1.4 Partial Molar Quantities; 1.5 Ideal Solutions-Raoult's Law; 1.6 Thermodynamics of Ideal Solutions; 1.7 Non-Ideal Solutions; 1.8 Thermodynamics of Non-Ideal Solutions; 1.9 Regular Solutions; 1.10 An Empirical Approach to Non-Ideal Solutions; 1.11 Ideally Dilute Solutions; 1.12 Thermodynamics of Ideally Dilute Solutions; 1.13 Experimental Determination of Solution Activities; 1.14 Concluding Remarks; References; Problems.
  • 2. The Structure of Liquids2.1 What Is a Liquid?; 2.2 The Statistical Thermodynamics of Liquids; 2.3 Intermolecular Forces; 2.4 Distribution and Correlation Functions; 2.5 The Experimental Study of Liquid Structure; 2.6 The Direct Correlation Function and the Mean Spherical Approximation; 2.7 Computer Simulations of Simple Liquids; 2.8 Estimation of Thermodynamic Properties from the Pair Correlation Function; 2.9 The Properties of a Hard-Sphere Fluid; 2.10 The Structure of Water; 2.11 Distribution Functions for Liquid Solutions; 2.12 Concluding Remarks; References; Problems.
  • 3. Electrolyte Solutions3.1 Electrolyte Solutions Are Always Non-Ideal; 3.2 Ionic Size in Solutions; 3.3 The Thermodynamics of Ion-Solvent Interactions; 3.4 Ion-Solvent Interactions According to the Born Model; 3.5 Ion-Solvent Interactions According to the Mean Spherical Approximation; 3.6 The Thermodynamics of Electrolyte Solutions; 3.7 The Experimental Determination of Activity Coefficients for Electrolytes; 3.8 Ion-Ion Interactions According to the Debye-Hückel Model; 3.9 Ion-Ion Interactions According to the MSA; 3.10 The Thermodynamics of Ion Association.
  • 3.11 Ion Association According to the MSA3.12 Concluding Remarks; References; Problems; 4. Polar Solvents; 4.1 What Constitutes a Polar Liquid?; 4.2 Some Important Properties of Polar Solvents; 4.3 The Static Solvent Permittivity on the Basis of Continuum Models; 4.4 The Static Solvent Permittivity According to the MSA; 4.5 Dielectric Relaxation Phenomena; 4.6 The Permittivity of Electrolyte Solutions; 4.7 The Dielectric Relaxation Parameters; 4.8 Ion Solvation in Polar Solvents; 4.9 Polar Solvents as Lewis Acids and Bases; 4.10 Concluding Remarks; References; Problems.
  • 5. Spectroscopic Studies of Liquid Structure and Solvation5.1 What Spectroscopic Techniques Are Available?; 5.2 X-Ray and Neutron Diffraction Experiments; 5.3 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Solutions; 5.4 NMR Studies of Ion Solvation in Water; 5.5 NMR Studies of Ion Solvation in Non-Aqueous Solvents; 5.6 Vibrational Spectroscopy in Solutions; 5.7 Infrared Spectroscopy of Polar Solvents; 5.8 Infrared Spectroscopy of Non-Electrolyte Solutions; 5.9 Infrared Spectroscopy of Electrolyte Solutions; 5.10 Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy and Solvatochromic Effects; 5.11 Concluding Remarks.