Molar enthalpy calorimetric techniques

The partial molar entropy of a component may be measured from the temperature dependence of the activity at constant composition the partial molar enthalpy is then determined as a difference between the partial molar Gibbs free energy and the product of temperature and partial molar entropy. As a consequence, entropy and enthalpy data derived from equilibrium measurements generally have much larger errors than do the data for the free energy. Calorimetric techniques should be used whenever possible to measure the enthalpy of solution. Such techniques are relatively easy for liquid metallic solutions, but decidedly difficult for solid solutions. The most accurate data on solid metallic solutions have been obtained by the indirect method of measuring the heats of dissolution of both the alloy and the mechanical mixture of the components into a liquid metal solvent.05... 

The two most commonly employed techniques for obtaining complexation enthalpies are based on the temperature dependence of equilibrium constants or calorimetric procedures. In the latter, the heat evolved when the acid and base are mixed in the reaction cell of a calorimeter is measured. The molar enthalpy of complexation, AH°, is related to the measured heat output, Q, corrected for the heats of dilution, the equilibrium concentration of the complex, [AB], and the volume of the solution in litres, V, by the relation... 

The standard molar quantities appearing in Eqs. 12.10.1 and 12.10.2 can be evaluated through a variety of experimental techniques. Reaction calorimetry can be used to evaluate AfH° for a reaction (Sec. 11.5). Calorimetric measurements of heat capacity and phase-transition enthalpies can be used to obtain the value of Sf for a solid or liquid (Sec. 6.2.1). For a gas, spectroscopic measurements can be used to evaluate S° (Sec. 6.2.2). Evaluation of a thermodynanuc equilibrium constant and its temperature derivative, for any of the kinds of equilibria discussed in this chapter (vapor pressure, solubility, chemical reaction, etc.), can provide values of ArG° and AfH° through the relations AfG° = —RTln K and ArH° = -Rd aK/d /T). 

Further information is obtained if the amount of liquid adsorbed on the surface of the particle is also determined, permitting the combination of the data on heat of immersion with those on the amount of adsorbed liquid. Thus, molar adsorption enthalpies can be given for the characterization of the stabilizing adsorption layer [12-16]. A further benefit of adsorption excess isotherms is that it is possible to calculate from them the free enthalpy of adsorption as a function of composition. When these data are combined with the results of calorimetric measurements, the entropy change associated with adsorption can also be calculated on the basis of the second law of thermodynamics. Thus, the combination of these two techniques makes possible the calculation of the thermodynamic potential functions describing adsorption [14,17-19]. 

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