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The Notion of Activity in Chemistry

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  • Gives a new interpretation of chemical activity
  • Includes twenty-eight appendices that break down and help solve equations
  • Contained in appendices are a general mathematical background in the material, individual derivations, and calculations
  • Provides supplemental information on a qualitative approach of the classical canonical partition function in phase space, pairwise additivity assumption, Kirkwood-Buff theory, and a discussion on classical and statistical thermodynamics
  • Discusses classical and statistical thermodynamics with regard to the notion
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (48 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xli
  2. The Activity in Classical Thermodynamics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Thermodynamic Systems

      • Jean-Louis Burgot
      Pages 3-10
    3. Gibbs and Helmholtz Energies

      • Jean-Louis Burgot
      Pages 11-19
    4. Escaping Tendency

      • Jean-Louis Burgot
      Pages 21-26
    5. Partial Molar Quantities

      • Jean-Louis Burgot
      Pages 27-34
    6. Chemical Potential or Partial Molal Gibbs Energy

      • Jean-Louis Burgot
      Pages 35-42
    7. The Notion of Activity: An Overview

      • Jean-Louis Burgot
      Pages 43-49
    8. The Fugacity Quantity

      • Jean-Louis Burgot
      Pages 51-66
    9. Ideal Solutions

      • Jean-Louis Burgot
      Pages 67-81
    10. Definitions of an Activity

      • Jean-Louis Burgot
      Pages 83-92
    11. Activities of Gases

      • Jean-Louis Burgot
      Pages 93-101
    12. Activities of Nonelectrolytes in Liquid Solutions

      • Jean-Louis Burgot
      Pages 103-116
    13. Activities of Electrolytes

      • Jean-Louis Burgot
      Pages 117-133
    14. Determination of the Activities of the Electrolytes

      • Jean-Louis Burgot
      Pages 157-174
    15. Excess Gibbs Energy and Activities

      • Jean-Louis Burgot
      Pages 187-204

About this book

This book provides deep insight into the physical quantity known as chemical activity. The author probes deep into classical thermodynamics in Part I, and then into statistical thermodynamics in Part II, to provide the necessary background. The treatment has been streamlined by placing some background material in appendices. Chemical Activity is of interest not only to those in chemical thermodynamics, but also to chemical engineers working with mass transfer and its applications - for example, separation methods.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France

    Jean-Louis Burgot

About the author

Jean-Louis Burgot is a retired Professor of analytical chemistry in Rennes, France.

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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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Hardcover Book USD 219.99
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