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Xiv. Statistical Thermodynamics* A. the Thermodynamic Classification of Chemical Reactions
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| Author | Tisza, Laszlo |
| Abstract | The thermodynamic theory of chemical reaction has been developed only within the context of classical molecular chemistry. It is easy to see, however, that the theory can also be applied without any conceptual modification to nuclear chemistry. Within this generalized theory the class of molecular reactions is characterized by two restrictive conditions. However, the validity or breakdown of these criteria is of no essential significance for the thermodynamic formalism. The formalism of Gibbsian thermostatics describes the distribution of energy and matter in terms of additive invariants. Suppose that we are dealing with systems consisting of variable amounts of the species A l , A 2. .. .. A s. The mole numbers l' I2'V,. .. , Xs specifying the amounts of these species are not appropriate for our purpose because they are not conserved in the presence of chemical reactions. This difficulty is avoided by the use of the concept of independent components. Let us assume that the reactions involving our s species can be classified into slow and fast reactions-the former slow enough to be ignored, the latter fast enough to produce equilibrium-a prerequisite for the application of thermostatic methods. Suppose there are p independent fast reactions relevant to our problem. We represent them symbolically as |
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