Entropy ideal solution

The entropy of mixing of very similar substances, i.e. the ideal solution law, can be derived from the simplest of statistical considerations. It too is a limiting law, of which the most nearly perfect example is the entropy of mixing of two isotopic species. 

The entropy of a solution is itself a composite quantity comprising (i) a part depending only on tire amount of solvent and solute species, and independent from what tliey are, and (ii) a part characteristic of tire actual species (A, B,. ..) involved (equal to zero for ideal solutions). These two parts have been denoted respectively cratic and unitary by Gurney [55]. At extreme dilution, (ii) becomes more or less negligible, and only tire cratic tenn remains, whose contribution to tire free energy of mixing is... 

Since the 0 s are fractions, the logarithms in Eq. (8.38) are less than unity and AGj is negative for all concentrations. In the case of athermal mixtures entropy considerations alone are sufficient to account for polymer-solvent miscibility at all concentrations. Exactly the same is true for ideal solutions. As a matter of fact, it is possible to regard the expressions for AS and AGj for ideal solutions as special cases of Eqs. (8.37) and (8.38) for the situation where n happens to equal unity. The following example compares values for ASj for ideal and Flory-Huggins solutions to examine quantitatively the effect of variations in n on the entropy of mixing. 

We express the calculated entropies of mixing in units of R. For ideal solutions the values of are evaluated directly from Eq. (8.28) ... 

P rtl IMol r Properties. The properties of individual components in a mixture or solution play an important role in solution thermodynamics. These properties, which represent molar derivatives of such extensive quantities as Gibbs free energy and entropy, are called partial molar properties. For example, in a Hquid mixture of ethanol and water, the partial molar volume of ethanol and the partial molar volume of water have values that are, in general, quite different from the volumes of pure ethanol and pure water at the same temperature and pressure (21). If the mixture is an ideal solution, the partial molar volume of a component in solution is the same as the molar volume of the pure material at the same temperature and pressure. 

It is simplest to consider these factors as they are reflected in the entropy of the solution, because it is easy to subtract from the measured entropy of solution the configurational contribution. For the latter, one may use the ideal entropy of mixing, — In, since the correction arising from usual deviation of a solution (not a superlattice) from randomness is usually less than — 0.1 cal/deg-g atom. (In special cases, where the degree of short-range order is known from x-ray diffuse scattering, one may adequately calculate this correction from quasi-chemical theory.) Consequently, the excess entropy of solution, AS6, is a convenient measure of the sum of the nonconfigurational factors in the solution. 

This result is nearly equal to 4.87 J K hmoT. the value that would be calculated for the entropy of mixing to form an ideal solution. We will show in Chapter 7 that the equation to calculate AmixSm for the ideal mixing process is the same as the one to calculate the entropy of mixing of two ideal gases. That is. AmixSm = -R. Vj ln.Yj. 

Ideal solution behavior over extended ranges in both composition and temperature requires that the following conditions be fulfilled (i) the entropy of mixing must be given by ... 

Gee and Orr have pointed out that the deviations from theory of the heat of dilution and of the entropy of dilution are to some extent mutually compensating. Hence the theoretical expression for the free energy affords a considerably better working approximation than either Eq. (29) for the heat of dilution or Eq. (28) for the configurational entropy of dilution. One must not overlook the fact that, in spite of its shortcomings, the theory as given here is a vast improvement over classical ideal solution theory in applications to polymer solutions. 

The entropy of formation of an ideal solution at a given temperature can be obtained from the following equation... 

The variation of the entropy of formation of an ideal solution with composition is shown inFigure3.10. It is again a characteristic ofan ideal solution that the partial (ASA,ld, A. Sg1, ld) and the integral molar (ASM,ld) entropies of its formation are independent of temperature. 

The Gibbs energy of mixing of an ideal solution is negative due to the positive entropy of mixing obtained by differentiation of Ald.xGm with respect to temperature ... 

Figure 3.3 Thermodynamic properties of an arbitrary ideal solution A-B at 1000 K. (a) The Gibbs energy, enthalpy and entropy, (b) The entropy of mixing and the partial entropy of mixing of component A. (c) The Gibbs energy of mixing and the partial Gibbs energy of mixing of component A.

The molar entropy of mixing for the ideal solution follows as... 

The ideal solution approximation is well suited for systems where the A and B atoms are of similar size and in general have similar properties. In such systems a given atom has nearly the same interaction with its neighbours, whether in a mixture or in the pure state. If the size and/or chemical nature of the atoms or molecules deviate sufficiently from each other, the deviation from the ideal model may be considerable and other models are needed which allow excess enthalpies and possibly excess entropies of mixing. 

The entropy of mixing is the same as for the ideal solution model. 

If the second term in the configurational entropy of mixing, eq. (9.42), is zero, the quasi-chemical model reduces to the regular solution approximation. Here, Aab is given by (eq. (9.21). If in addition yAB =0the ideal solution model results. 

What main conclusions can we draw from the three examples discussed here First, although van t Hoff plots should involve Km rather than Kc data, the use of the latter may afford sensible and possibly accurate thermochemical values (always under the assumption of ideal solutions ), particularly if the density term of equation 14.5 is considered in the calculation of the reaction entropy. Second, due to the lack of gas solubility data, the second law method is much... 

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