Characterization of Nonideal Solutions
3.0 Introductory Remarks
So far we have considered an idealized version of thermodynamics. However, real life is never this tidy. To deal with reality requires an adaptation of Chapter 2; we must take account of interactions between species that have been ignored so far. These are responsible for deviations from ideality, and can never be “turned off”. In the thermodynamic characterization of nonideal solutions, we adopt two guiding principles: (i) The formulations presented in Chapters 1 and 2 are so convenient that it is worth preserving their form when characterizing nonideal systems. (ii) When systems approach ideal behavior, the present analysis must correctly reduce to that of Chapter 2; in ...
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