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Nevertheless, previous developments and some of our results prove that the structural properties of several systems with short-range repulsive forces are straightforwardly and sufficiently accurately given by ROZ integral equations. Thermodynamic properties are much more difficult to describe. Reliable tools exist to obtain thermodynamics at high temperatures or for states far from phase transitions. Of particular importance, and far from being solved, are the issues related to phase transitions in partly quenched systems, even for simple models with attractive interactions. It seems that the results obtained by Kierlik et al. [27], may serve as a helpful reference in this direction. 

If we vary the composition of a liquid mixture over all possible composition values at constant temperature, the equilibrium pressure does not remain constant. Therefore, if integrated forms of the Gibbs-Duhem equation [Equation (16)] are used to correlate isothermal activity coefficient data, it is necessary that all activity coefficients be evaluated at the same pressure. Unfortunately, however, experimentally obtained isothermal activity coefficients are not all at the same pressure and therefore they must be corrected from the experimental total pressure P to the same (arbitrary) reference pressure designated P. This may be done by the rigorous thermodynamic relation at constant temperature and composition ... 

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Truncating this series after the first derivative and integrating provides the basis for the hermodynamic integration approach. Moreover, if the Taylor series expansion is continued intil it converges then Equation (11.45) is equivalent to the thermodynamic perturbation brmula, so providing a link between the two approaches. In practice, it is always necessary... 

The work term IF is restricted to the mechanical work deflvered to the outside via normal and shear forces acting on the boundary. Electrochemical work, ie, by electrolysis of the fluid, is excluded. Evaluation of the integral requires knowledge of the equation of state and the thermodynamic history of the fluid... 

Dialysis transport relations need not start with Eickian diffusion they may also be derived by integration of the basic transport equation (7) or from the phenomenological relationships of irreversible thermodynamics (8,9). 

Fundamental Property Relation. The fundamental property relation, which embodies the first and second laws of thermodynamics, can be expressed as a semiempifical equation containing physical parameters and one or more constants of integration. AH of these may be adjusted to fit experimental data. The Clausius-Clapeyron equation is an example of this type of relation (1—3). 

The molecular and liquid properties of water have been subjects of intensive research in the field of molecular science. Most theoretical approaches, including molecular simulation and integral equation methods, have relied on the effective potential, which was determined empirically or semiempirically with the aid of ab initio MO calculations for isolated molecules. The potential parameters so determined from the ab initio MO in vacuum should have been readjusted so as to reproduce experimental observables in solutions. An obvious problem in such a way of determining molecular parameters is that it requires the reevaluation of the parameters whenever the thermodynamic conditions such as temperature and pressure are changed, because the effective potentials are state properties. 

The MS closure results from s = 2. The HNC closure results from s = 1. In the latter two expressions, additional adjustable parameters occur, namely ( for the RY closure and for the BPGG version of the MS approximation. However, even when adjustable, these parameters cannot be chosen at will, as they should be chosen such that they eliminate the so-called thermodynamic inconsistency that plagues many approximate integral equations. We recall that a manifestation of this inconsistency is that there is a difference between the pressure as computed from the virial equation (10) and as computed from the compressibility equation (20). Note that these equations have been applied to a very asymmetric mixture of hard spheres [53,54]. Some results of the MS closure are plotted in Fig. 4. The MS result for y d) = g d) is about the same as the MV result. However, the MS result for y(0) is rather poor. Using a value between 1 and 2 improves y(0) but makes y d) worse. Overall, we believe the MS/BPGG is less satisfactory than the MV closure. 

In Sec. 3 our presentation is focused on the most important results obtained by different authors in the framework of the rephca Ornstein-Zernike (ROZ) integral equations and by simulations of simple fluids in microporous matrices. For illustrative purposes, we discuss some original results obtained recently in our laboratory. Those allow us to show the application of the ROZ equations to the structure and thermodynamics of fluids adsorbed in disordered porous media. In particular, we present a solution of the ROZ equations for a hard sphere mixture that is highly asymmetric by size, adsorbed in a matrix of hard spheres. This example is relevant in describing the structure of colloidal dispersions in a disordered microporous medium. On the other hand, we present some of the results for the adsorption of a hard sphere fluid in a disordered medium of spherical permeable membranes. The theory developed for the description of this model agrees well with computer simulation data. Finally, in this section we demonstrate the applications of the ROZ theory and present simulation data for adsorption of a hard sphere fluid in a matrix of short chain molecules. This example serves to show the relevance of the theory of Wertheim to chemical association for a set of problems focused on adsorption of fluids and mixtures in disordered microporous matrices prepared by polymerization of species. 

The thermodynamic quantities and correlation functions can be obtained from Eq. (1) by functional integration. However, the functional integration cannot usually be performed exactly. One has to use approximate methods to evaluate the functional integral. The one most often used is the mean-field approximation, in which the integral is replaced with the maximum of the integrand, i.e., one has to find the minimum of. F[(/)(r)], which satisfies the mean-field equation... 

Equation (1.30) can be integrated to calculate AZ, the change in Z for a thermodynamic process. Thus... 

To integrate equations (1.50) and (1.51), we must know how Z changes with p, V, and T. The laws of thermodynamics that we will discuss next in Chapter 2 will allow us to derive the necessary relationships we will apply the resulting equations in Chapter 3. 

It can be shown mathematically that a two-dimensional Pfaffian equation (1.27) is either exact, or, if it is inexact, an integrating denominator can always be found to convert it into a new, exact, differential. (Such Pfaffians are said to be integrable.) When three or more independent variables are involved, however, a third possibility can occur the Pfaff differential can be inexact, but possesses no integrating denominator.x Caratheodory showed that expressions for SqKV appropriate to thermodynamic systems fall into the class of inexact but integrable differential expressions. That is, an integrating denominator exists that can convert the inexact differential into an exact differential. 

As we have seen before, exact differentials correspond to the total differential of a state function, while inexact differentials are associated with quantities that are not state functions, but are path-dependent. Caratheodory proved a purely mathematical theorem, with no reference to physical systems, that establishes the condition for the existence of an integrating denominator for differential expressions of the form of equation (2.44). Called the Caratheodory theorem, it asserts that an integrating denominator exists for Pfaffian differentials, Sq, when there exist final states specified by ( V, ... x )j that are inaccessible from some initial state (.vj,.... v )in by a path for which Sq = 0. Such paths are called solution curves of the differential expression The connection from the purely mathematical realm to thermodynamic systems is established by recognizing that we can express the differential expressions for heat transfer during a reversible thermodynamic process, 6qrey as Pfaffian differentials of the form given by equation (2.44). Then, solution curves (for which Sqrev = 0) correspond to reversible adiabatic processes in which no heat is absorbed or released. 

Since dS is an exact differential, equations for dS = 0 can be integrated. The integration yields a family of solution surfaces, S = S(.vi,... x ) = constant. Each solution surface contains a set of thermodynamic states for which the entropy is constant.hh... 

Under most circumstances the equations given in Table 10.4 accurately calculate the thermodynamic properties of the ideal gas. The most serious approximations involve the replacement of the summation with an integral [equations (10.94) and (10.95)] in calculating the partition function for the rigid rotator, and the approximation that the rotational and vibrational partition functions for a gas can be represented by those for a rigid rotator and harmonic oscillator. In general, the errors introduced by these approximations are most serious for the diatomic molecule." Fortunately, it is for the diatomic molecule that corrections are most easily calculated. It is also for these molecules that spectroscopic information is often available to make the corrections for anharmonicity and nonrigid rotator effects. We will summarize the relationships... 

Considerable progress has been made in the last decade in the development of more analytical methods for studying the structural and thermodynamic properties of liquids. One particularly successful theoretical approach is. based on an Ornstein-Zernike type integral equation for determining the solvent structure of polar liquids as well as the solvation of solutes.Although the theory provides a powerful tool for elucidating the structure of liquids in... 

The behaviour of most metallurgically important solutions could be described by certain simple laws. These laws and several other pertinent aspects of solution behaviour are described in this section. The laws of Raoult, Henry and Sievert are presented first. Next, certain parameters such as activity, activity coefficient, chemical potential, and relative partial and integral molar free energies, which are essential for thermodynamic detailing of solution behaviour, are defined. This is followed by a discussion on the Gibbs-Duhem equation and ideal and nonideal solutions. The special case of nonideal solutions, termed as a regular solution, is then presented wherein the concept of excess thermodynamic functions has been used. 

For any solution the three thermodynamic properties of major importance are the enthalpy, the entropy, and the free energy of the solution. Usually these properties are given for the formation of one mole of the solution at constant temperature and pressure, and they are referred to as integral thermodynamic properties. The free energy of mixing (AGM) is related to the corresponding enthalpies (AHM) and entropies (ASM) by the equation... 

To evaluate the integral in Equation B.l requires the pressure to be known at each point along the compression path. In principle, compression could be carried out either at constant temperature or adiabatically. Most compression processes are carried out close to adiabatic conditions. Adiabatic compression of an ideal gas along a thermodynamically reversible (isentropic) path can be expressed as ... 

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