The Law of Mass Action
By: by Andrei Koudriavtsev, Reginald F. Jameson, Wolfgang Linert
Contributors: Jameson, Reginald F.; Linert, Wolfgang
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Imprint; Springer
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9783642567704
Description: The theoretical basis of this book is developed ab ovo. This requires dealing with several problems arising in physical chemistry including the concept of entropy as a thermodynamic coordinate and its relation to probability. Thus Maxwell Boltzmann and Gibbs statistical thermodynamics, and quantum statistics are made considerable use of. A statistical mechanical derivation of the law of mass action for gases and solids is presented, and the problems arising in the application of the law of mass action to the liquid state are addressed. Molecular interactions and how to take them into account when deriving the law of mass action is discussed in some detail sketching a way alternativ to the use of activities. Finally, attention is drawn to the statistical mechanical background to Linear Free Energy Relationships (LFER's) and of Isokinetic Relationships (IKR's) and their connections with molecular interactions.
Table of contents: title: Maxwell-Boltzmann Statistics; title: Ensembles, Partition Functions, and Thermodynamic Functions; title: The Law of Mass Action for Ideal Systems; title: Reactions in Imperfect Condensed Systems. Free Volume; title: Molecular Interactions; title: Imperfect Gases; title: Reactions in Imperfect Condensed Systems. Lattice Energy; title: Chemical Correlations; title: Concluding Remarks; title: Appendices; title: Index.