Solution Thermodynamics and Its Application to Aqueous Solutions: A Differential Approach

Solution Thermodynamics and its Application to Aqueous Solutions: A Differential Approach, Second Edition introduces a differential approach to solution thermodynamics, applying it to the study of aqueous solutions. This valuable approach reveals the molecular processes in solutions in greater depth than that gained by spectroscopic and other methods.

The book clarifies what a hydrophobe, or a hydrophile, and in turn, an amphiphile, does to H2O. By applying the same methodology to ions that have been ranked by the Hofmeister series, the author shows that the kosmotropes are either hydrophobes or hydration centers, and that chaotropes are hydrophiles. This unique approach and important updates make the new edition a must-have reference for those active in solution chemistry.

Unique differential approach to solution thermodynamics allows for experimental evaluation of the intermolecular interactionIncorporates research findings from over 40 articles published since the previous editionNumerical or graphical evaluation and direct experimental determination of third derivatives, enthalpic and volumetric AL-AL interactions and amphiphiles are new to this editionFeatures new chapters on spectroscopic study in aqueous solutions as well as environmentally friendly and hostile water aqueous solutions

Part A: A Differential Approach in Solution Thermodynamics I: Basics of Thermodynamics - Derivatives of Gibbs Energy, G II: Solution Thermodynamics - Use of the Second and Third Derivatives of G III: Determination of the Second and Third Derivatives of G IV: Fluctuation and Partial Molar Fluctuation - Understanding H2O

Part B: Studies of Aqueous Solutions Using the Second, the Third, and the Fourth Derivatives of G V: Mixing Schemes in Aqueous Mono-ols VI: Mixing Schemes in Aqueous Solutions of Nonelectrolytes VII: Effects of Nonelectrolytes on the Molecular Organization of H2O - 1-Propanol (1P) Probing Methodology VIII: Effects of Ions on the Molecular Organization of H2O - 1-Propanol (1P)-Probing Methodology IX: Interactions in Ternary Aqueous Solutions - General Treatment X: Differential Approach Applied to Spectroscopic Studies on Aqueous Solutions XI: The Koga Line - Boundary Between Environmentally Friendly and Hostile Water and Aqueous Solutions XII: In Closing - Executive Summary of the Effect of Solute on H2O