The Notion of Activity in Chemistry (eBook)

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

1st  part: The Activity in Classical ThermodynamicsChapter 1: Thermodynamic systemsChapter 2: Gibbs and Helmhotz energiesChapter 3: Escaping tendency and molar Gibbs energyChapter 4 : Partial molar propertiesChapter 5: Chemical potential or partial molar Gibbs energyChapter 6: An overview of the notion of activityChapter 7: The concept of fugacityChapter 8:  Ideal solutionsChapter 9:  Definitions of the activityChapter 10: Activity of a gazChapter 11: Activities of non- electrolytes in solutionsChapter 12:Activities of electrolytes: definitions Chapter 13: Determination of the activity of non-electrolytesChapter 14: Determination of the activity of electrolytesChapter 15: Debye and Hückel ‘s relationsChapter 16:  Excess Gibbs energies and activitiesChapter 17:  Chemical  equilibrium  constants : activities and  Gibbs energies of reactionsChapter 18:  Derivation of thermodynamic equilibrium constants- pH and its measureChapter 19: General principles of calculations of ionic species concentrations in solutions                    involving  activities 2nd  part: The Activity in Statistical ThermodynamicsChapter 20: Statistical thermodynamics in briefChapter 21: Concept of ensembles and postulatesChapter 22: The canonical ensemble: notion of distributionChapter 23: Thermodynamic quantities in the framework of the canonical ensembleChapter 24: Other ensembles Chapter 25: Systems of molecules and subsystems  independent  distinguishable and                                      “indistinguishable” Chapter 26: Perfect gases  Chapter 27: Classical statistical mechanics- Notion of configuration –  Classical canonical                                            partition function    Chapter 28: The configurational  partition function – Molecular distribution functions Chapter 29: The radial distribution function Chapter 30: Radial distribution function and  thermodynamic quantities- calculations of the                                              internal energy and of the pressure of a system Chapter 31: Radial distribution function and calculation of the isothermal compressibility                    coefficient of a system Chapter 32: The chemical potential  and the radial distribution function .  General formal                       introduction  of the activity and  of the  activity coefficient  Chapter 33: Imperfect gases – The  virial coefficients in terms of interaction potential                                                         energies Chapter 34: A statistical  expression of the activity. A relation between it and the                                                              concentration in the case of an imperfect gaz Chapter 35: Activities of gases in a mixture of imperfect gasesChapter 36: Chemical equilibria between  gases and statistical thermodynamicsChapter 37: Activity coefficients of gasesChapter 38:  Activities and concentrations of non-electrolytes in dilute liquid solutions –                      McMillan- Mayer’s theory of their osmotic  pressureChapter 39:  A study of dilute solutions of non-electrolytes  at constant pressure and                                                        temperatureChapter 40: The activity coefficients of solutes in binary non-electrolyte solutionsChapter 41: Molecular distribution functions in binary mixturesChapter 42:  The  Kirkwood-Buff’s theory- Changes of chemical potentials of solutes with                             their  concentrations at constant pressure and temperature Chapter 43: Expressions of the chemical potentials of the components of ideal solutions                            of  non-  electrolytes   Chapter 44: Chemical potentials, activities and activity coefficients of the components                                of a non- ideal solution of a non-electrolyte Chapter 45: Expressions of the activities of non-electrolytes and of their coefficientsChapter 46:  More on the Debye-Hückel ‘s theoryChapter 47: Distribution functions and the theory of electrolytes solutionsChapter 48: The activity notion  in retrospect.AppendicesAbout Some AuthorsBibliography