Liquids, Solutions, and Interfaces: From Classical Macroscopic Descriptions to Modern Microscopic…
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Liquids, Solutions, and Interfaces: From Classical Macroscopic Descriptions to Modern Microscopic Details (Topics in Analytical Chemistry)
Liquids, Solutions, and Interfaces: From Classical Macroscopic Descriptions to Modern Microscopic Details (Topics in Analytical Chemistry)
By W. Ronald Fawcett
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 638
Publication Date: 2004-07-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0195094328
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780195094329
Binding: Hardcover
Fifty years ago solution chemistry occupied a major fraction of physical chemistry textbooks, and dealt mainly with classical thermodynamics, phase equilibria, and non-equilibrium phenomena, especially those related to electrochemistry. Much has happened in the intervening period, with
tremendous advances in theory and the development of important new experimental techniques. This book brings the reader through the developments from classical macroscopic descriptions to more modern microscopic details.
Summary: A solid book on the liquid phase
Rating: 4
This book offers a broad overview of the various theoretical models and experimental methods that have been found useful in the physical chemistry of solutions, with an emphasis on thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and the various spectroscopies. It doesn’t overwhelm the reader with too much specific detail, yet it clearly explains many of the methods and models used, and their underlying assumptions. It tries to tie these models to experimental data, and to molecular insights. This book can form a solid basis for an introductory graduate course in the physical chemistry of solutions.
The first chapters cover liquids and solutions at equilibrium, including their thermodynamics, their structure, and their solvation properties. Then follow two chapters on non-equilibrium properties, one on mass transport, the other on the kinetics of chemical reactions in solution. The final three chapters deal with interfacial equilibria, specifically interfacial thermodynamics, interfacial charge transfer equilibria, and the structure of the electrified interface. In the latter case, the emphasis is on the solution side of the interface, as can be studied with a liquid metal such as mercury. Unfortunately, the more commonly encountered interface with a solid metal or semiconductor, with its crystalline texture, including defects and, often, reconstruction, is hardly discussed.
Each chapter starts with a vignette describing a major contributor to the subject matter to be discussed, and ends with an appropriate set of problems. The experimental examples are well-chosen, but often lack a reference.
Few readers will agree with everything in a book that covers such a wide array of topics, and this reviewer is no exception. One is the repeated statement that the Debye-Hueckel treatment only considers the size of its central ion, which is given as justification for the subsequent use of the mean spherical approximation in its restricted primitive form. Interestingly, Fig. 3.5 correctly shows that the Debye-Hueckel treatment specifically considers the distance of closest approach rather than a single ionic radius. Unfortunately, the above misconception is widespread, and has even permeated the IUPAC definition of pH.
This reviewer would also have preferred a more critical examination of the assumptions underlying the models used, especially of some of their most counterintuitive features, such as that of the pre-equilibrium of the reagents and the transition complex in Eyring’s transition state theory.
In general, however, this is a very worthwhile textbook, which brings together in one volume a host of different theoretical and experimental approaches, and provides its reader a useful overview of the field. Unfortunately, its price may largely restrict its distribution to institutional libraries.
Summary: The Physical Chemistry of Liquids
Rating: 4
A comprehensive treatise on the physical chemistry properties of solutions and their interfaces with other phases. Definitely bridges the gap between the classical thermodynamics of electrolytes and phase equilibria, and the modern studies of liquid structures and microproperties. Both classical experimental techniques such as conductivity, emf, and vapour pressure measurement as well as current spectroscopic, Xray and NMR procedures are presented and developed. The book is well illustrated with figures, drawings, and graphs, as well as plentiful examples of test data and problems for the learning student.
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