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 gases
Chapter 36: Chemical equilibria between gases and statistical thermodynamics
Chapter 37: Activity coefficients of gases
Chapter 38: Activities and concentrations of non-electrolytes in dilute liquid solutions –
McMillan- Mayer’s theory of their osmotic pressure
Chapter 39: A study of dilute solutions of non-electrolytes at constant pressure and
temperature
Chapter 40: The activity coefficients of solutes in binary non-electrolyte solutions
Chapter 41: Molecular distribution functions in binary mixtures
Chapter 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 coefficients
Chapter 46: More on the Debye-Hückel ‘s theory
Chapter 47: Distribution functions and the theory of electrolytes solutions
Chapter 48: The activity notion in retrospect.
Appendices
About Some Authors
Bibliography
Jean-Louis Burgot is a retired Professor of analytical chemistry in Rennes, France.
This book provides deep insight into the physical quantity known as chemical activity. The author probes deep into classical thermodynamics in Part I, and then into statistical thermodynamics in Part II, to provide the necessary background. The treatment has been streamlined by placing some background material in appendices. Chemical Activity is of interest not only to those in chemical thermodynamics, but also to chemical engineers working with mass transfer and its applications - for example, separation methods.