Predictive thermodynamics for condensed phases, and nanotechnology

Glasser, Leslie

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Glasser, Leslie

Date

2011

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Journal Article

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Glasser, Leslie. 2011. Predictive thermodynamics for condensed phases, and nanotechnology. The A to Z of Nanotechnology.

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The A to Z of Nanotechnology

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http://www.azonano.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=2963

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Nanochemistry Research Institute (Research Institute)

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14188

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Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

Thermodynamic relations may be regarded as the motor driving chemical processes (while chemical kinetics represents the brakes). In order to operate, the relations need to be powered with the fuel of values for the thermodynamic quantities concerned, such as enthalpies, entropies, heat capacities, Gibbs and Helmholtz energies, and so forth. The following discussion considers how these important values may be obtained.