Inorganic chemistry : concepts and case studies. Block 1, Thermodynamics and the reactions of metals / [S247 Rewrite Course Team] ; prepared for the Course team by David Johnson.
Contributor(s): Johnson, D. A. (David Arthur)
| Open University. S247 Rewrite Course Team.
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BookSeries: S247 ; Block 1.Publisher: Milton Keynes : Open University Press, 1992Edition: 2nd ed.Description: 111 p. : ill.(some col.), ports. ; 30 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0749250496.Subject(s): Chemistry, InorganicDDC classification: 546 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 546 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00019088 |
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Study guide for block 1 -- Introduction -- Reactions of metals -- Metals and their ores -- Metals and their ease of oxidation: a hypothesis -- Equilibrium: a restatement of the problem -- Thomsen's hypothesis: towards a solution -- The second law of thermodynamics: the solution -- Enthalpy changes, heat and work: the first law of thermodynamics -- Assembling a data base for enthalpies of reaction -- Entropy changes -- The gibbs function -- Metals and their ease of oxidation -- Thermodynamic and kinetic stability -- Reactivitiy -- Thermodynamics and the oxidation of metals -- Enthalpy and entropy terms -- Metals and their ores -- The born-haber cycle.