Entropy of crystallization

Electrostriotion, 188, 190-192 Energy levels, 34, 151-152 Entropy, of crystals, 95, 180, 211, 267 partial molal (see Partial molal entropy) of solution (see Solution)... 

In the foregoing article we have applied the methods of statistical mechanics to a determination of the entropy of crystals and supercooled glasses, and have reached the following conclusions. 

Here Nc, total number of copolymer molecules in system viy volume fraction of component i m, number of blocks per copolymer molecule nA, number of A units per copolymer molecule ASdis, disorientation entropy change gain on fusion per segment and AScryst, molar entropy of crystallization per A unit. 

Nernst, Hermann Walther (1864-1941) German physical chemist. Nemst is best remembered for his contributions to electrochemistry and for discovering the third law of thermodynamics. His work on electrochemistry included the concept of the solubility product and the use of buffer solutions. In 1906 he stated a theorem concerning the entropy of crystals at absolute zero which, in slightly different form, became known as the third law of thermodynamics. He also studied photochemistry and wrote an influential book entitled Theoretical Chemistry (1893). He was awarded the 1920 Nobel Prize for chemistry. 

Component A was assumed to be a given substance with fixed thermodynamic properties, that is, melting enthalpy, melting entropy, and (along with this) melting point. The enthalpy and entropy of crystallization of the co-crystal were set to a constant value as well, whereas the thermodynamic parameters of the co-crystal former B have been varied. 

The data inO Table 18.3 have heen compiled from a number of sources, and most are for the conversion ofa Kquid monomer to an amorphous polymer. The exception is ethylene oxide where the polymer is semicrystaUine the heat and entropy of crystallization will contrihute to the parameters for this monomer. 

Dislocation theory as a portion of the subject of solid-state physics is somewhat beyond the scope of this book, but it is desirable to examine the subject briefly in terms of its implications in surface chemistry. Perhaps the most elementary type of defect is that of an extra or interstitial atom—Frenkel defect [110]—or a missing atom or vacancy—Schottky defect [111]. Such point defects play an important role in the treatment of diffusion and electrical conductivities in solids and the solubility of a salt in the host lattice of another or different valence type [112]. Point defects have a thermodynamic basis for their existence in terms of the energy and entropy of their formation, the situation is similar to the formation of isolated holes and erratic atoms on a surface. Dislocations, on the other hand, may be viewed as an organized concentration of point defects they are lattice defects and play an important role in the mechanism of the plastic deformation of solids. Lattice defects or dislocations are not thermodynamic in the sense of the point defects their formation is intimately connected with the mechanism of nucleation and crystal growth (see Section IX-4), and they constitute an important source of surface imperfection. 

The entropy value of gaseous HCl is a sum of contributions from the various transitions summarized in Table 4. Independent calculations based on the spectroscopic data of H Cl and H Cl separately, show the entropy of HCl at 298 K to be 186.686 and 187.372 J/(mol K) (44.619 and 44.783 cal/(mol K), respectively. The low temperature (rhombic) phase is ferroelectric (6). SoHd hydrogen chloride consists of hydrogen-bonded molecular crystals consisting of zigzag chains having an angle of 93.5° (6). Proton nmr studies at low temperatures have also shown the existence of a dimer (HC1)2 (7). 

The separation of Hquid crystals as the concentration of ceUulose increases above a critical value (30%) is mosdy because of the higher combinatorial entropy of mixing of the conformationaHy extended ceUulosic chains in the ordered phase. The critical concentration depends on solvent and temperature, and has been estimated from the polymer chain conformation using lattice and virial theories of nematic ordering (102—107). The side-chain substituents govern solubiHty, and if sufficiently bulky and flexible can yield a thermotropic mesophase in an accessible temperature range. AcetoxypropylceUulose [96420-45-8], prepared by acetylating HPC, was the first reported thermotropic ceUulosic (108), and numerous other heavily substituted esters and ethers of hydroxyalkyl ceUuloses also form equUibrium chiral nematic phases, even at ambient temperatures. 

In either case each dimer has two possible orientations, and random disorder between these accounts for the residual entropy of the crystal (6.3JmoH of dimer). More recently ii)... 

Thermodynamics is concerned with the relationship between heat energy and work and is based on two general laws, the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics, which both deal with the interconversion of the different forms of energy. The 3rd law states that at the absolute zero of temperature the entropy of a perfect crystal is zero, and thus provides a method of determining absolute entropies. 

Consider, for example, the saturated solution of a sparingly soluble crystal. Let AII>a, and AS, t denote the heat of solution and the entropy of solution when a few additional pairs are taken into the saturated solution. The condition for equilibrium between the solid and the solution. is, of course, that there shall be no change in the free energy in this process a saturated solution is one for which AF is zero. Hence we may write at once... 

In the case of a sparingly soluble substance, if each of the quantities in (64) is divided by Avogadro s constant, we confirm the statement made above— namely, that, if AS at per ion pair is added to the contribution made to the entropy of the crystal by each ion pair, in this way we evaluate the contribution made by one additional ion pair to the entropy of the saturated solution and it is important to grasp that this contribution depends only on the presence of the additional pair of ions in the solution and does not depend on where they have come from. They might have been introduced into the solution from a vacuum, instead of from the surface of a solid. In (64) the quantities on the right-hand side refer to the solution of a crystal, but the quantity (S2 — Si) does not it denotes merely a change in the entropy of a solution due to the presence of additional ions, which may have come from anywhere. When Si denotes the entropy of a sufficiently large amount of solution, (S2 — Si) is the partial molal entropy of the solute in this solution. 

When solid AgCl is in contact with its saturated aqueous solution, we have found that, if additional ion pairs are transferred from the surface of the crystal to the solution, the total change of entropy is equivalent to 52.8 e.u Since the entropy of the solid is 23.0 e.u., we find that the partial molal entropy of AgCl in its saturated aqueous solution at 25°C is... 

Since the saturated solutions of AgT and AgCl are both very dilute, it is of interest to examine their partial molal entropies, to see whether we can make a comparison between the values of the unitary terms. As mentioned above, the heat of precipitation of silver iodide was found by calorimetric measurement to be 1.16 electron-volts per ion pair, or 26,710 cal/mole. Dividing this by the temperature, we find for the entropy of solution of the crystal in the saturated solution the value... 

With the usual 1000 grams of solvent as the b.q.s. we have in aqueous solution M = 55.51 thus 2R In M is equal to 16 e.u. To obtain the unitary part of the entropy of solution of a uni-univalent crystal in water at any temperature, we have to subtract 16.0 e.u. from the conventional... 

The molar entropy of solution of a crystal—the AS0 of (168)—may be regarded as the difference between (1) the molar entropy of the crystal, and (2) the partial molal entropy of the solute in a solution of a certain Concentration. The question arises In a solution of what concentration Now we notice that (168) may be written in the form... 

Crystallographic radii, tabic, 266 Crystals, entropy of, 95, 180, 211 table, 267... 

As with the first and second laws, the Third Law is based on experimental measurements, not deduction. It is easy, however, to rationalize such a law. In a perfectly ordered3 crystal, every atom is in its proper place in the crystal lattice. At T— 0 Kelvin, all molecules are in their lowest energy state. Such a configuration would have perfect order and since entropy is a measure of the disorder in a system, perfect order would result in an entropy of zero.b Thus, the Third Law gives us an absolute reference point and enables us to assign values to S and not just to AS as we have been restricted to do with U, H, A, and G. 

G. E. Gibson and W. F. Giauque. "The Third Law of Thermodynamics. Evidence from the Specific Heats of Glycerol that the Entropy of a Glass Exceeds that of a Crystal at the Absolute Zero". J. Am. Chem. Soc.. 45. 93-104 (1923). 

A different approach [23, 32] considers AF in Eq. (2.2) to consist of a part which must be defined with respect to infinite chain length plus an entropy of localization [33] due to the pairing of chain ends which becomes important in the case of closely stacked lamellar crystals [34]. It amounts to — Kin (Cp) per molecule, where C is a constant related to the flexibility of the chains in the melt, and which arises due to the conformations of the finite chain. Hence ... 

The solid product, BaO, was apparently amorphous and porous. Decomposition rate measurements were made between the phase transformation at 1422 K and 1550 K (the salt melts at 1620 K). The enthalpy and entropy of activation at 1500 K (575 13 kJ mole-1 and 200 8 J K"1 mole-1) are very similar to the standard enthalpy and entropy of decomposition at the same temperature (588 7 kJ and 257 5 J K-1, respectively, referred to 1 mole of BaS04). The simplest mechanistic explanation of the observations is that all steps in the reaction are in equilibrium except for desorption of the gaseous products, S02 and 02. Desorption occurs over an area equivalent to about 1.4% of the total exposed crystal surface. Other possible models are discussed. 

The entropies of all perfect crystals approach zero as the absolute temperature approaches zero. 

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