Volume Properties

Liquids, Solutions and Vapours

Emmerich Wilhelm, Trevor M Letcher

• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9781849738996
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781782623434
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Chemistry
• Index: Chemistry

Volumetric properties play an important role in research at the interface of physical chemistry and chemical engineering, but keeping up with the latest developments in the field demands a broad view of the literature.

Presenting a collection of concise, focused chapters, this book offers a comprehensive guide to the latest developments in the field and a starting point for more detailed research. The chapters are written by acknowledged experts, covering theory, experimental methods, techniques, and results on all types of liquids and vapours.

The editors work at the forefront of thermodynamics in mixtures and solutions and have brought together contributions from all areas related to volume properties, offering a synergy of ideas across the field. Graduates, researchers and anyone working in the field of volumes will find this book to be their key reference.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• CHAPTER 1 Volumetric Properties: Introduction, Concepts and Selected Applications
• CHAPTER 2 Experimental Techniques 1: Direct Methods†
• CHAPTER 3 Experimental Techniques 2: Vibrating Tube Densimetry
• CHAPTER 4 Density Standards and Traceability†
• CHAPTER 5 Volumetric Properties from Multiparameter Equations of State†
• CHAPTER 6 Virial Coefficients
• CHAPTER 7 Excess Volumes of Liquid Nonelectrolyte Mixtures
• CHAPTER 8 Partial Molar Volumes of Non-Ionic Solutes at Infinite Dilution
• CHAPTER 9 Partial Molar Volumes of Gases Dissolved in Liquids
• CHAPTER 10 Saturated Liquid Density of Pure Liquids and of Mixtures
• CHAPTER 11 Critical Behaviour: Pure Fluids and Mixtures
• CHAPTER 12 Ultrasonics 1: Speed of Ultrasound, Isentropic Compressibility and Related Properties of Liquids
• CHAPTER 13 Ultrasonics 2: High Pressure Speed of Sound, Isentropic Compressibility
• CHAPTER 14 High-Pressure “Maxwell Relations” Measurements
• CHAPTER 15 Volumetric Properties and Thermodynamic Response Functions of Liquids and Liquid Mixtures
• CHAPTER 16 SAFT and Molecular Simulation Techniques: Application to Determination of Volumetric Excess Properties
• CHAPTER 17 Calculation of Thermodynamic Functions from Volumetric Properties
• CHAPTER 18 Molar Volumes of Electrolyte Solutions
• CHAPTER 19 Volumetric Behaviour of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids
• CHAPTER 20 Volumetric Behaviour of Molten Salts and Molten Salt Hydrates
• CHAPTER 21 Partial Molar Volumes of Proteins in Solution
• CHAPTER 22 Partial Molar Volumes of Proteins in Solution: Prediction by Statistical–Mechanical, 3D-RISM–KB Molecular Theory of Solvation
• Subject Index