Conceptual from measurables

With results from previous sections we can develop differential relations that enable us to compute conceptuals from measurables. We consider five conceptuals U, H, S, A, and G. Recall we cannot obtain absolute values for these properties, we can compute only changes in their values caused by a change of state. Fortunately, values for changes Ali, AH, AS, AA, and AG are sufficient for our needs. 

CONCEPTUALS FROM MEASURABLES USING EQUATIONS OF STATE... 

Macromolecule - A molecule of high relative molecular mass (molecular weight), the structure of which essentially comprises the multiple repetition of units derived, actually or conceptually, from molecules of low relative molecular mass. [8] Madelung constant - A constant characteristic of a particular crystalline material which gives a measure of the electrostatic energy binding the ions in the crystal. 

But although the first and second laws meet our objective of relating Q and W to system properties, that objective has been obtained at a price. The price is that, while the first and second laws have identified new system properties, U and S, those new properties are conceptuals, not measurables. To obtain full benefit from the first and second laws, we must relate U and S to measurables—preferably measurable operating variables such as temperature, pressure, and composition. And so, the first and second laws have certainly achieved the economy of thought characteristic of science, but before we can apply those laws in an engineering setting, we must establish relations between conceptuals and measurables. 

At this point we have developed two principal ways for relating conceptuals to measurables one based on the ideal gas (Chapter 4) and the other based on the ideal solution (Chapter 5). Both routes use the same strategy—determine deviations from a well-defined ideality—with the deviations computed either as differences or as ratios. Since both routes are based on the same underlying strategy, a certain amoxmt of s)un-metry pertains to the two for example, the forms for the difference measmes— the residual properties and excess properties—are functionally analogous. 

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Equation (14) is a restricted form of the binary coexistence equation. The important content of the equation is as much conceptual as mathematical it Illustrates that simultaneous measurement of P, X, and y is unnecessary, that vapor compositions can in principle be computed from measurements of just P and x. Once the y are determined by Integration, values of Yi follow directly from Eq. (12). Van Ness ( ) presents a detailed discussion of the characteristics and application of Eq. (14). 

Aside from merely calculational difficulties, the existence of a low-temperature rate-constant limit poses a conceptual problem. In fact, one may question the actual meaning of the rate constant at r = 0, when the TST conditions listed above are not fulfilled. If the potential has a double-well shape, then quantum mechanics predicts coherent oscillations of probability between the wells, rather than the exponential decay towards equilibrium. These oscillations are associated with tunneling splitting measured spectroscopically, not with a chemical conversion. Therefore, a simple one-dimensional system has no rate constant at T = 0, unless it is a metastable potential without a bound final state. In practice, however, there are exchange chemical reactions, characterized by symmetric, or nearly symmetric double-well potentials, in which the rate constant is measured. To account for this, one has to admit the existence of some external mechanism whose role is to destroy the phase coherence. It is here that the need to introduce a heat bath arises. 

Once the candidate corrective measure alternatives have been identified, a more detailed evaluation of each alternative needs to be undertaken. From an engineering perspective, the first step in the evaluation process would include the development of a conceptual design for each alternative. The conceptual design would consist of a process description, a process flow diagram and a layout drawing. Preliminary sizing of equipment and utility and land requirements would be developed. In addition, chemical requirements and residuals produced can be estimated. From the conceptual design, permitability and residuals disposal issues can be identified and addressed. 

Coimectivity is a term that describes the arrangement and number of pore coimections. For monosize pores, coimectivity is the average number of pores per junction. The term represents a macroscopic measure of the number of pores at a junction. Connectivity correlates with permeability, but caimot be used alone to predict permeability except in certain limiting cases. Difficulties in conceptual simplifications result from replacing the real porous medium with macroscopic parameters that are averages and that relate to some idealized model of the medium. Tortuosity and connectivity are different features of the pore structure and are useful to interpret macroscopic flow properties, such as permeability, capillary pressure and dispersion. 

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