Table of Contents

The Purpose and Scope of Thermodynamics Temperature Energy and the First Law of Thermodynamics Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics Thermodynamic Functions The Third Law of Thermodynamics and Absolute Entropies Thermodynamics of Chemical Reactions The Chemical Potential and the Phase Rule Phase Equilibria: The Activity Function Equilibrium Constants Activities of Solution-Phase Species Thermodynamics of Ions in Solution Phase Equilibria Involving Solutions Statistical Thermodynamics Appendices Index

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