November 2020
Intermediate to advanced
492 pages
15h 54m
English
In this chapter, we study the thermodynamic properties of ionic solutions, where the interaction forces between charged species are both strong and of long range. At the outset we need to take account of deviations from ideality, using the machinery set up in the first half of Chapter 3, in which the concept of activity and activity coefficients plays an important part. Heavy reliance is therefore placed on the Debye–Hückel theory, which is used below without justification. The proper derivation is postponed to Chapter 9, because the lengthy analysis interferes with the exposition of the main points to be made here. The second part of this chapter deals ...
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