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
   
   1.1 Overview of the Corresponding-States Principle
   1.2 Properties of Substances
   1.3 Organization of the Book
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2. The Corresponding-States Principle from the Continuity of Vapor and Liquid States
   
   2.1 The Continuity of Vapor and Liquid States
   2.2 The Van der Waals Equation of State
   2.3 Corresponding States of the Van der Waals Equation of State
   
   2.4 Universal Form of the Corresponding-States Principle

3. Theoretical Basis of the Corresponding-States Principle
   
   3.1 Two-Parameter Corresponding-States Theory of Spherical Molecules
   3.2 Corresponding-States Theory of Asymmetric Molecules
   

4. The Corresponding-States Parameters
   
   4.1 Critical Parameters
   
   4.2 Acentric Factor
   
   4.3 Aspherical Factor
   
   4.4 Properties from Corresponding-States Principle
   

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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
   
   6.1 Introduction
   6.2 Phase Transition Theory
   6.3 Vapor-Pressure Equation
   6.4 Corresponding-States Vapor Pressure

7. Transport Properties
   
   7.1 Introduction
   7.2 Theory of Gas Transport Properties
   7.3 Transport Properties in the Critical Region
   7.4 Viscosity in the Entire Fluid State

8. Surface Tension
   
   8.1 Introduction
   8.2 Critical State Theory for the Surface Tension
   8.3 Corresponding-States Surface Tension