On the Continuity of the Gaseous and Liquid States

Name: On the Continuity of the Gaseous and Liquid States
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ISBN: 9780486495934

ISBN-10: 0486495930

ISBN-13: 9780486495934

Edition: 2004

Authors: J. D. Van Der Waals

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This much-cited thesis by the recipient of the 1910 Nobel Prize in physics is accompanied by an introductory essay by J. S. Rowlinson and an additional work by the author. The centerpiece of this book, an English translation of van der Waals's 1873 Leiden thesis, presents an "Equation of State" that embraces both gases and liquids and demonstrates that these two states not only merge in a continuous manner, but are, in fact, of the same nature. Editor J. S. Rowlinson's introduction places the thesis within the context of its era and explains its ongoing value, and a translation of another of van der Waals's frequently quoted papers, "Molecular Theory of a Substance Composed of Two Different…

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/23/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Preface


Contents


Errata List



Van der Waals and the physics of liquids




The experimental and theoretical background



The thesis of 1873



Leiden and Amsterdam: 1873-1914



Equal-areas rule



Corrections to the co-volume



Principle of corresponding states



Theory of mixtures



Theory of capillarity



Anomalies at the critical point



Other critical points



Mean-field approximation



The fallow years: 1914-1945



Virial equation of state



Intermolecular potentials



Lattice theories



Anomalies at the critical point



Van der Waals Redux



Structure of real and model liquids



Computer simulation



Virial equation for hard spheres



Integral equations for the distribution functions



Perturbation theory



Principle of corresponding states and intermolecular forces



Mixtures



Surface tension



Critical points



Tricritical points



Conclusion



Note on the Texts


Notes and references



On the continuity of the gaseous and liquid states



Title page


Author's preface



General considerations



Derivation of the fundamental equation of the isotherm



Analytical expression for the molecular pressure



On the potential energy of a liquid



Influence of the structure of the molecules



Influence of the extension of the molecule



Relations between the molecular pressure and the volume



Applications of the isotherm



The pressure coefficient



The compressibility of gases



The coefficient of expansion



Experiments of Andrews



Critical temperature



The value of K



Molecular dimensions



Application to thermodynamics



Pressure of the saturated vapour


Conclusion



Molecular theory of a substance composed of two different species




Some remarks on the form of the spinodal curve


Name Index


Subject Index