The Corresponding-States Principle and its Practice

The corresponding-states principle helps the understanding and calculating of thermodynamic, transport, and surface properties of substances in various states, required by our modern lifestyle. The Corresponding-States Principle and its Practice: Thermodynamic, Transport and Surface Properties of Fluids describes the origins and applications of the principle from a universal point of view with comparisons to experimental data where possible. It uses the universal theory to explain present theories. Emphasis is on the properties of pure systems, and the corresponding-states theory can also be extended to mixtures, which are treated as pure systems. Furthermore, the author discusses current progress, and shows technicians how to derive practical equations from molecular modeling. The Corresponding-States Principle and its Practice: Thermodynamic, Transport and Surface Properties of Fluids is the ideal handbook for those in chemical science and engineering related to energy, environment, natural gas, and petroleum.

• Describes the origins and applications from a universal viewpoint
• Includes experimental data for comparisons
• Suitable for researchers, applied engineers, and those interested in the corresponding states theory

Graduate students, applied engineers, consultants and research scientists

1. Introduction
   

2. 1 Overview of the Corresponding-States Principle
   

3. 2 Properties of Substances
   

4. 3 Organization of the Book
   
   The Corresponding-States Principle

5. The Corresponding-States Principle from the Continuity of Vapor and Liquid States
   

6. 1 The Continuity of Vapor and Liquid States
   

7. 2 The Van der Waals Equation of State
   

8. 3 Corresponding States of the Van der Waals Equation of State
   

9. 4 Universal Form of the Corresponding-States Principle

10. Theoretical Basis of the Corresponding-States Principle
    

11. 1 Two-Parameter Corresponding-States Theory of Spherical Molecules
    

12. 2 Corresponding-States Theory of Asymmetric Molecules
    

13. The Corresponding-States Parameters
    

14. 1 Critical Parameters
    

15. 2 Acentric Factor
    

16. 3 Aspherical Factor
    

17. 4 Properties from Corresponding-States Principle
    

The Corresponding-States Practice 5. Thermodynamic Properties

5.1 Thermodynamic Relations

5.2 Virial Equations of State
5.3 Crossover Equation of State
5.4 Cubic Equations of State
5.5 Hard-Sphere Equation of State
5.6 Martin-Hou Equation of State
5.7 Liquid Equation of State
5.8 Corresponding-States Thermodynamic Properties and Calculated Deviations

6. Vapor Pressures
   

7. 1 Introduction
   

8. 2 Phase Transition Theory
   

9. 3 Vapor-Pressure Equation
   

10. 4 Corresponding-States Vapor Pressure

11. Transport Properties
    

12. 1 Introduction
    

13. 2 Theory of Gas Transport Properties
    

14. 3 Transport Properties in the Critical Region
    

15. 4 Viscosity in the Entire Fluid State

16. Surface Tension
    

17. 1 Introduction
    

18. 2 Critical State Theory for the Surface Tension
    

19. 3 Corresponding-States Surface Tension