Bulk Equilibrium Equations

The saddle-splay term is often omitted since it does not contribute to the bulk equilibrium equations or the boundary conditions for problems involving strong anchoring (see Section D). Being a divergence its contribution to... 

By repeating the approach used above for establishing the bulk equilibrium equations for the nematic or cholesteric energies, it is possible to derive the additional equilibrium boundary condition... 

The reformulated bulk equilibrium equations given in the previous Section should also be supplemented by the appropriate boundary conditions discussed in Section 2.6 which can also be reformulated. We treat separately each of the cases mentioned earlier. 

There are no additional requirements for n on the boundary except that it must satisfy the imposed prescribed strong anchoring boundary condition which is specified for each problem. There are no relevant reformulations except those for the bulk equilibrium equations. 

The bulk equilibrium equation for the director is exactly the same as (3.111), and if symmetric solutions satisfying... 

The solution = 0 is a solution to the bulk equilibrium equation (3.248) and the boundary condition (3.252) when Oq = 0. However, as in the classical Preedericksz transitions, there is also the possibility of a distorted solution for H 0. Integrating (3.248) and using the conditions (3.243) and (3.247) provides the solution... 

Batch partial melting will hereafter be understood as equilibrium melting, which is in contrast to fractional melting discussed in Section 9.3.3. The foundation of this model is remarkably simple and was first laid down by Schilling and Winchester (1967). A number of more or less complex modifications enabling useful information to be extracted from the data were later introduced by Gast (1968), Shaw (1970) and Albarede (1983). Bulk equilibrium crystallization of a liquid batch can be handled with equations identical to those for batch-melting. 

Figure 9.6 Comparison of the equilibrium [equation (9.2.2)] and fractional melting [equation (9.3.15)] models for a bulk solid-liquid partition coefficient Dt of 0.1 (top) and 2 (bottom). Although the concentrations predicted by the two models diverge rapidly for incompatible elements in instantaneous melts, they remain virtually identical for compatible elements.

This model covers the case where we have combined resistances to diffusion (fluid-film and solid diffusion). In this case, the concentration in the main phase of the fluid (bulk concentration) is different from the one at the interface due to the effect of the fluid film resistance. The following equations can be used for Langmuir and Freundlich equilibrium equations (Miura and Hashimoto, 1977). The solutions of the fixed-bed model are the following ... 

The difference between Equations (55) and (60) may be qualitatively understood by comparing the results with the Donnan equilibrium discussed in Chapter 3. The amphipathic ions may be regarded as restrained at the interface by a hypothetical membrane, which is of course permeable to simple ions. Both the Donnan equilibrium (Equation (3.85)) and the electroneutrality condition (Equation (3.87)) may be combined to give the distribution of simple ions between the bulk and surface regions. As we saw in Chapter 3 (e.g., see Table 3.2), the restrained species behaves more and more as if it was uncharged as the concentration of the simple electrolyte is increased. In Chapter 11 we examine the distribution of ions near a charged surface from a statistical rather than a phenomenological point of view. 

The general reaction to be considered is that of a monomer unit in some particular state s (where s is either bulk monomer, solution in a particular solvent, or gas phase) being incorporated in a polymer of chain length n where the polymer chain is in some particular state s (where s represents amorphous or crystalline polymer, or polymer in solution). For theoretical purposes, s might represent the gaseous state. If such a reaction has achieved equilibrium (Equation 7), the free-energy change for the polymerization AGp will be zero (Equation 8). 

The extent of adsorption can have a profound effect on the rate of the surface reaction. Equilibrium isotherms of many kinds have been reported for adsorption from solution and have been classified by Giles et al. [24-27], The shapes of these adsorption curves often furnish qualitative information on the nature of the solute-surface interactions. Several of the types of isotherm observed in dilute solution are represented reasonably well by three simple and popular isotherm equations, those of Henry, Langmuir, and Freundlich. Their shapes are illustrated in Fig. 1. Each of these isotherms relates the surface concentrations cads (mol m"2) to the bulk equilibrium concentration c of the solute species in question. When few surface sites are occupied, Henry s law adsorption... 

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Some authors call this tensor the surface (or interfacial) tension tensor. The interfacial tensor is an excess quantity, (hence the superscript o) and acts in two dimensions (its SI units are N m as compared with N m for bulk stresses). Equation [3.6.14) applies to an isolated Interface. In reality isolation is of course impossible the interface is in contact and at mechanical equilibrium with the bulk. Otherwise the interface would accelerate, slow down, or display shear with respect to the adjacent bulk. An alternative way of formulation would be to retain the bulk tensor [3.6. Ij of which five components are zero in the interface. 

It is known that the surface energy depends not only on the composition of the surface layer, but also on that of the bulk phases [130]. To formulate the Gibbs law for the non-equilibrium chemical potential, additional so-called cross-chemical potentials (the partial derivatives of the surface free energy with respect to the component concentrations in the bulk phases) have been introduced. Rusanov and Prokhorov [131] derived the Gibbs equation and the expression for the free energy of the surface layer in terms of the ordinary chemical potentials by dividing the transition layer adjacent to the surface into n thin layers. For each layer an equilibrium state was assumed. The expression for surface energy was derived by the summation of the equilibrium equations over all these layers. Further, the expression for the additional contribution to the surface tension due to the non-equilibrium diffusion layer was derived in [48, 132]... 

In these equations, r is the particle spatial coordinate and R its half dimension, Sp the particle porosity, and c, are the nondimensional concentrations in the solid phase (adsorbed) and in the gas phase within the pores, respectively, and (2is and Cjs the corresponding dimensional concentrations in steady state, which are in equilibrium, Dp and are the pore and surface diffusion coefficients, cr the particle shape factor, and the adsorption isotherm relation, which is again replaced by its Taylor series expansion around the steady state. The boundary conditions are based on the assumptions of concentration profiles symmetry (Equation (11.41)) and no mass transfer resistance at the particle surface, that is, equal concentrations at the pore mouth and in the bulk gas (Equation (11.42)). 

Previous theoretical works have addressed these questions by adding appropriate assumptions to the theory. Sueh models can be roughly summarized by the following scheme (i) consider a diffusive transport of surfactant molecules from a semi-infinite bulk solution (following Ward and Tordai) (ii) introduce a certain adsorption equation as a boundary condition at the interface (iii) solve for the time-dependent surface coverage (iv) assume that the equilibrium equation of state is valid also out of equilibrium and calculate the dynamic surface tension [10]. 

Modelling the three-phase distillation based on nonequilibrium contains some specific features compared to the normal two-phase distillation or the equilibrium model. In the equilibrium model of three-phase distillation only two of the three equilibrium equations are independent. In the nonequilibrium model every phase is balanced separately. Therefore all three equilibrium equations are used in the model for the interfaces. A further characteristic is, although a three-phase problem is existing, that only the mass transfer between two phases has to be calculated at every interfacial area. Additionally, the convective and conductive part of the heat transfer have to be taken into consideration, as the own investigations presented. Often the conductive part is neglected due to the small difference of the temperatures of the phase interface and the bulk phase. For the modelling of the three-phase distillation this simplification is inadmissible. 

The rates of all the steps in the forward and reverse reactions may be expressed as ftmetions of p, Xg, and E. Applying the steady-state equations for H charging and H permeation [Eqs. (33)-(35)] to these modified rate equations, the H bulk fractional concentration beneath the surface is expressed by the following equilibrium equation, where x the local coverage replaces the overall coverage 0 in Eq. (12) ... 

Figure 13.6 Rescaled data from Figure 13.5b according to Equation 13.17. The bulk equilibrium melting temperature (EJkgTj ) is chosen to be approximately 0.2. Lines are linear regressions of symbols at the same values of B/E as labeled [41].

Sometimes, for example, when the relative values of the Kj are unknown or when the resuhing equilibrium equations are rather complicated, the one constant approximation K = K2 = K3 = K is made. In this case the bulk energy Fn can be simplified further by using identities for unit vectors which results in the more amenable form [5, p.l04]... 

Measurements of the saddle-splay surface elastic constant, K24, and the splay-bend surface elastic constant, K13, were first introduced by Oseen [1] in 1933 from a phenomenological viewpoint, and later by Nehring and Saupe [2] from a molecular standpoint. These constants tend to be neglected in conventional elastic continuum treatments for fixed boundary conditions because they do not ent the Euler-Lagrange equation for bulk equilibrium. Experimental determination of tiie two surface elastic constants is undoubtedly a difficult task, since their effects are hard to discriminate from those of ordinary sur ce anchoring [3]. 

The equation of the isotherm for the surface-bulk transfer step at equilibrium (Equation 2.2) is [60,67,68]... 

In charging experiments, the H concentration under the surface is imposed by galvanostatic or potentiostatic conditions. H penetrates into the bulk until this concentration is attained in the whole sample and the rate of entry in the bulk is zero, i.e., Ugg = Ugg. This condition applied to the rate equations (2.34), (2.31-2.32) leads to f = Fuher and to the isotherm expressing the equilibrium of the surface-bulk transfer (Equation 2.12a). 

Values of Kd can be obtained by electrochemical or spectroscopic techniques. In polarography, the equilibrium between the hydrated and carbonyl form is perturbed and limiting currents governed both by the position of equilibrium (Equation 9) and by the rate of dehydration 13 D.c. polarographic limiting currents thus offer only information about the upper limit of the value of Kd. In linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) the measurement of the current can be carried out over such a short period of time that the equilibrium cannot be reestablished . The current is then proportional to the concentration of the carbonyl form in the bulk of the solutions and can be used for determination of values of Kd, as discussed in detail elsewhere . 

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