Theory of molecular fluids, vol. 1: Fundamentals by C. G. Gray and K. E. Gubbins, Oxford univ. press, 1985, 626 pp., $79.00
Theory of molecular fluids, vol. 1: Fundamentals by C. G. Gray and K. E. Gubbins, Oxford univ. press, 1985, 626 pp., $79.00
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分子流体理论,卷。
DOI:
10.1002/aic.690320522
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发表时间:
1986
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3.7
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Reid C. Miller
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作者:
Reid C. Miller
WA 99164-27, 4 tion is not written, the reader is assumed to be able to derive this on his own. A little more space is devoted to the transport of solute in the particles by bulk and sur-face diffusion. However, the reactor models section gives only curves of final re-This book represents the results of a major undertaking to review and codify the research to date on intermolecular forces and fundamental statistical mechanics for fluids composed of small, nearly-rigid molecules with more than one atom. The treatment is restricted to equilibrium properties of classical, nonreacting, nonelectrolyte fluids, with particular emphasis on liquids. Intermolecular potential models are discussed in great detail, especially the generalized Stockmayer potential and the site-site potential. The fundamental statistical mechanics presentation focuses on the pertinent molecular distribution functions and correlation functions. Both perturbation theories and integral equation theories for the pair correlation function, needed to calculate equilibrium properties, are discussed in much detail, with appropriate historical descriptions. Extensive appendices provide much useful background material for the less sophisticated reader, including information on spherical harmonics and related quantities, mathematical results, molecular polarizabilities, and the virial and hypervirial theorems. In addition, there is a rather complete table of multipole moments and polarizabilities for use in applications, Since the fluids for which the theories are developed include many species dealt with in chemical processing, the potential applications in chemical engineering are of a much greater magnitude than previous theories of monatomic fluids. Direct applications would be in such areas as phase equilibria, dielectric phenomena, and surface effects. For the immediate future, this work will be useful to advanced graduate students and certain research workers in chemical engineering thermodynamics, with Volume 1 of interest primarily to theorists. A good knowledge of quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, and other physical chemistry topics will be needed to comprehend the material without extended self study or tutaledge-probably a level of knowledge