Liquid-State Physical Chemistry: Fundamentals, Modeling, and Applications (2013)
List of Important Symbols and Abbreviations
1. Introduction
1.1. The Importance of Liquids
1.2. Solids, Gases, and Liquids
2. Basic Macroscopic and Microscopic Concepts: Thermodynamics, Classical, and Quantum Mechanics
3. Basic Energetics: Intermolecular Interactions
3.2. Electrostatic Interaction
3.4. Finishing the Painter Game
4. Describing Liquids: Phenomenological Behavior
5. The Transition from Microscopic to Macroscopic: Statistical Thermodynamics
5.1. Statistical Thermodynamics
5.3. The Semi-Classical Approximation
6. Describing Liquids: Structure and Energetics
6.2. The Meaning of Structure for Liquids
6.3. The Experimental Determination of g(r)
6.6. The Potential of Mean Force
7. Modeling the Structure of Liquids: The Integral Equation Approach
7.1. The Vital Role of the Correlation Function
8. Modeling the Structure of Liquids: The Physical Model Approach
8.4. Significant Liquid Structures
9. Modeling the Structure of Liquids: The Simulation Approach
10. Describing the Behavior of Liquids: Polar Liquids
10.2. Towards a Microscopic Interpretation
10.3. Dielectric Behavior of Gases
10.4. Dielectric Behavior of Liquids
11. Mixing Liquids: Molecular Solutions
11.2. Ideal and Real Solutions
11.4. Ideal Behavior in Statistical Terms
11.5. The Regular Solution Model
11.6. A Slightly Different Approach
11.7. The Activity Coefficient for Other Composition Measures
11.9. Theoretical Improvements
12. Mixing Liquids: Ionic Solutions
12.2. The Born Model and Some Extensions
12.4. Strong and Weak Electrolytes
12.6. Structure and Thermodynamics
13. Mixing Liquids: Polymeric Solutions
14. Some Special Topics: Reactions in Solutions
15. Some Special Topics: Surfaces of Liquids and Solutions
15.1. Thermodynamics of Surfaces
15.2. One-Component Liquid Surfaces
15.4. Two-Component Liquid Surfaces
15.5. Statistics of Adsorption
15.6. Characteristic Adsorption Behavior
16. Some Special Topics: Phase Transitions
16.1. Some General Considerations
16.2. Discontinuous Transitions
16.3. Continuous Transitions and the Critical Point
Appendix A. Units, Physical Constants, and Conversion Factors
Appendix B. Some Useful Mathematics
Appendix C. The Lattice Gas Model