KJ/mol

If the dependence on temperature as well as on composition is known for a solution, enthalpies and entropies of adsorption may be calculated from the appropriate thermodynamic relationships [82]. Neam and Spaull [147] have, for example, calculated the enthalpies of surface adsorption for a series of straight-chain alcohols. They find an increment in enthalpy of about 1.96 kJ/mol per CH2 group. 

Van Oss and Good [148] have compared solubilities and interfacial tensions for a series of alcohols and their corresponding hydrocarbons to determine the free energy of hydration of the hydroxyl group they find -14 kJ/mol per —OH group. 

The feature that distinguishes intemrolecular interaction potentials from intramolecular ones is their relative strengtii. Most typical single bonds have a dissociation energy in the 150-500 kJ mol range but the strengdi of the interactions between small molecules, as characterized by the well depth, is in the 1-25 kJ mor range. 

In this relationship. S is alkane solubility, A is the cavity surface area and a is the hydrophobic free energy per unit area. Extensive fitting of this equation [24] yields a value of 88 kJ mol A for the proportionality constant a. This value corresponds to an unfavourable free energy of about 3.6 kJ mol for the transfer of a CH2 group to aqueous solution. 

Figure C2.7.1. Schematic potential energy diagram for tire catalytic syntliesis and decomposition of ammonia on iron. The energies are in kJ mol tire subscript ads refers to species adsorbed on iron [i].

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Element Ionisation energy (kj mof ) Metallic radius (nm) Ionic radius (nm) Heal oj laporibation at 298 K (kJ mol ) Hydration energy oj gaseous ion (kJ moI ) (V)... 

The Si—Si bond is weaker than the C—C bond (mean thermochemical bond energies are C—C in diamond, 356 kJ mol" Si—Si... 

Pure hydrazine is a colourless liquid, melting point 275 K, and boiling point 387 K. It is surprisingly stable for an endothermic compound = -i- 50.6 kJ mol ). Each nitrogen atom has a lone pair of electrons and either one or both nitrogen atoms are able to accept protons to give and the less stable... 

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