Advances in High Temperature Chemistry V3

Contributors ForewordContents of Previous VolumesSome Theoretical Significances of High Temperature Chemistry I. Some Pertinent Activities in High Temperature Chemistry II. Concepts and Definitions III. Probability Densities; Significance of ß = 0; High Temperature Physics IV. Discontinuities and Turning Points; High Temperature Chemistry ReferencesShort-Range Ordering in Crystals I. Introduction II. Order Parameters III. The Measurement of Order Parameters IV. Ordering Energies and the Statistical Mechanics of Ordering V. The Short-Range Ordered State VI. Long-Range Periodicities and Superlattices VII. Applications to Nonmetals VIII. Outstanding Problems ReferencesInterpreting Liquid Alloy Activity Measurements: A Changing Scientific Paradigm I. Introduction II. Thermodynamic Measurements on Liquid Alloys III. Some Solution Theories ReferencesPhotoionization Mass Spectrometry and Photoelectron Spectroscopy of High Temperature Vapors I. Introduction II. Historical Development III. Modern Photoionization Mass Spectrometry IV. Comparison of Electron and Photon Impact V. Interpretation of Threshold Behavior VI. Results of Recent Photoionization Studies of High Temperature Vapors VII. Photoelectron Spectroscopy of High Temperature Vapors VIII. Kinetic Studies—An Aside ReferencesMicrowave Spectroscopy of High Temperature Gases I. Introduction II. Experimental Techniques III. Results for Diatomic Molecules IV. Comparison of Experimentally Determined Molecular Parameters of Diatomics with ab Initio Results V. Results on Triatomic Molecules VI. Prospects for Future Research ReferencesGaseous Oxohalides, Hydroxides, and Complex Oxides of Group III and Transition Elements I. Introduction II. Metal Mono-oxohalides III. Metal Dioxohalides IV. Metal Trioxohalides V. Complex Binary Oxides : Mn Ox (n ≥ 2) VI. Conclusion ReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index