Chemical thermodynamics at a glance / H. Donald Brooke Jenkins.

Includes index.

Thermodynamic changes, properties and types of function -- Integration in thermodynamics -- Graphical gradients and intercepts -- The ideal gas -- Partial derivatives simplified -- Logarithms and exponentials -- Thermodynamics conventions -- Heat and work. First Law of Thermodynamics -- Work of expansion -- Internal energy, U and enthalpy, H -- Reference states -- Bond enthalpy (energy) -- Spontaneity, entropy and Gibbs energy -- Entropy and Second Law -- Calculation of entropy -- The Third Law of Thermodynamics -- The statistical definition of entropy -- Variation of G with T (dP = 0) -- Variation of H and S with T (dP = 0) -- Variation of G and S with P (dP = 0) -- Variation of G with T for solid, liquid and gaseous phase -- Variation of H with T for solid, liquid and gaseous phase -- Effect of pressure on melting point and boiling point : normal substances -- Effect of pressure on melting point and boiling point : water -- Phase equilibria. Clapeyron equation -- Clausius-Clapeyron equation -- Open systems. Chemical potential. Chemical reactions -- Coupled reactions -- Chemical potentials applied to physical processes -- The Phase Rule -- Ideal and real gases. Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures -- Ideal liquid mixtures. Vapour pressure and Raoult's Law -- Ideal liquid mixtures. Real liquid mixtures -- Binary liquid mixtures -- Chemical potentials and equilibrium relationships -- Interpretation of logarithmic term. Molality -- Thermodynamics of ideal mixing -- Chemical potentials of real gases. Fugacity -- Chemical potentials of real solutions. Activity -- Measurement of equilibrium constant, K -- Reaction quotient, Q and equilibrium constant, K. Relationship between deltaG⁰ and Kp/p⁰ -- Chemical equilibrium -- K for a multiphase reaction -- Reactions not at equilibrium -- Equilibrium calculations for reactions not initially at equilibrium -- Gibbs-Helmholtz equation -- Qualitative interpretation of Van't Hoff equation. Coupled reaction -- Variation of equilibrium constant, K, with overall total pressure, P -- Le Chatelier's Principle -- Gibbs-Duhem equation -- Colligative properties : freezing point -- Colligative properties : boiling point -- Colligative properties : osmotic pressure -- Core thermodynamic relationships.

Looking at the energy transformations which occur as a result of chemical reactions, this title provides a concise overview of the main principles of chemical thermodynamics for students studying chemistry and related courses at undergraduate level.

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