TY - BOOK AU - Metiu,Horia TI - Physical chemistry SN - 9780815340911 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Taylor & Francis Group KW - Thermodynamics KW - Textbooks N1 - ON ORDER; Includes bibliographical references (p. 671-673) and index; Temperature, pressure, molar volume, and equilibrium -- The equation of state -- How to use the equation of state -- Thermodynamic transformations -- Work -- Heat -- Reversible and irreversible transformations -- Path- dependent and path-independent quantities -- First and second laws of thermodynamics -- Helmholtz and Gibbs free energies -- How to calculate the change of entropy in an equilibrium transformation -- Enthalpy and energy change during a thermodynamic transformation -- Thermochemistry -- The change of chemical potential during an equilibrium transformation -- The chemical potential of a compound in a mixture -- Mixtures: partial molar quantities and activities -- Chemical equilibrium -- Chemical equilibrium : the connection between the equilibrium constant and composition -- Chemical equilibrium: how to calculate K from [Delta]G = - RT in K -- Chemical equilibrium: dependence of equilibrium constant on temperature and pressure -- Chemical equilibrium of coupled reactions -- Phase transitions in one-component systems: the phenomena -- Phase transitions in one-component systems: the equilibrium conditions -- Phase transitions in one- component systems: how to use the equilibrium conditions -- Phase equilibria in binary systems: the phenomena -- Equilibrium conditions for binary systems with two phases: application to vapor-liquid equilibrium -- Electrolyte solutions -- Galvanic cells: phenomena -- Galvanic cells: equilibrium conditions ER -