The principles of chemical equilibrium : with applications in chemistry and chemical engineering

Preface to the first edition Preface to the fourth edition List of symbols Values of physical constants Part I. The Principles of Thermodynamics: 1. First and second laws 2. Auxiliary functions and conditions of equilibrium Part II. Reaction and Phase Equilibria: 3. Thermodynamics of gases 4. Equilibria of reactions involving gases 5. Phase rule 6. Phase equilibria in single component systems 7. General properties of solutions and the Gibbs-Duhem equation 8. Ideal solutions 9. Non-ideal solutions 10. Reaction equilibrium in solution Part III. Thermodynamics in Relation to the Existence of Molecules: 11. Statistical analogues of entropy and free energy 12. Partition function of a perfect gas 13. Perfect crystals and the third law 14. Configurational energy and entropy 15. Chemical equilibrium in relation to chemical kinetics Appendix Index.