Properties of Gases, Liquids, and Solutions

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Contents of Previous and Future Volumes


1. Transmission of Sound Waves in Gases at Very Low Pressures

I. Introduction

II. Nomenclature

III. Theory

IV. Experimental Methods

V. Results and Discussion

VI. Mixtures

VII. Free-Molecule Propagation

VIII. Appendix: Tables

References


2. Phenomenological Theory of the Relaxation Phenomena in Gases

List of Symbols

I. Introductory Remarks

II. The Phenomenological Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes

III. Irreversible Processes in Homogeneous Closed Systems and in Free Acoustic Fields

IV. The Single Relaxation Process

V. Simultaneous Multiple Relaxation Processes

VI. Examples of Multiple Relaxations

References


3. Relaxation Processes in Gases

I. Problem Definition and Classification

II. Excitation Relaxation

III. Molecular Theory of Relaxation Times

IV. Relaxation of a Dissociation Equilibrium

V. References


4. Thermal Relaxation in Liquids

I. Introduction

II. Basic Theory For A Single Chemical Reaction

III. The Description and Interpretation of Experimental Results

References


5. Structural and Shear Relaxation in Liquids

I. Introduction

II. Elastic Moduli of Liquids

III. Structural Viscosity

IV.Velocity Dispersion and Absorption Due To Shear And

V. Structural Relaxation

VI.High-Frequency Limiting Moduli of Liquids

VII. Relaxational Behavior of Moduli

VIII. The Relation of Ultrasonic and Dielectric Relaxation Times

IX. Cooperative Effects On Mechanical and Dielectric Processes

References


6. The Propagation of Ultrasonic Waves in Electrolytic Solutions

List of Symbols

I. Introduction

II. Ultrasonic Velocity

III. Relaxation Processes in Electrolytic Solutions

IV. Other Effects

References

Author Index

Subject Index