Thermochemistry and Its Applications to Chemical and Biochemical Systems: The Thermochemistry of Molecules, Ionic Species and Free Radicals in Relation to the Understanding of Chemical and Biochemical Systems

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Techniques and Theory of Titration Calorimetry....Pages 1-16
Applications of Titration Calorimetry....Pages 17-30
Microcalorimetry....Pages 31-46
Differential Scanning Calorimetry....Pages 47-60
An Oxygen Flow Calorimeter for Determining the Heating Value of Kilogram-Size Samples of Municipal Solid Waste....Pages 61-76
Thermogenesis by Heat Conduction Calorimetry....Pages 77-126
The Measurement of Vapour Pressure....Pages 127-141
The Use of a Simultaneous Torsion and Mass-Loss Effusion Apparatus for Determining Vapour Pressures and Enthalpies of Sublimation....Pages 143-156
Vaporization Studies by Knudsen Cell — Mass Spectrometry and Thermodynamic Stability of High Temperature Gaseous Species....Pages 157-181
Transpiration Mass Spectrometry—A New Thermochemical Tool....Pages 183-233
Thermodynamic Activity and Vapor Pressure Models for Silicate Systems Including Coal Slags....Pages 235-251
Metal-Ligand Heats and Related Thermodynamic Quantities by Titration Calorimetry....Pages 253-273
Measurement of Complexing Constants and Enthalpies of Complexing by Batch Calorimetry....Pages 275-287
Metal Ligand Bond Strengths and Bonding Theory....Pages 289-315
Thermochemistry of β-Diketones and Metal-β-Diketonates. Metal-Oxygen Bond Enthalpies....Pages 317-338
Thermochemistry of Metal-Polyamine Complexes....Pages 339-352
Thermochemistry of Main-Group Organometallic Compounds....Pages 353-366
Experimental Thermochemistry of Transition-Metal Organometallic Compounds....Pages 367-382
Thermochemistry of Molecular Transition Metal Compounds....Pages 383-391
Measurement of Enthalpies of Solution of Electrolytes....Pages 393-409
Hydrophobic Hydration of Alkylammonium Bromides in Aqueous Mixed Solvents....Pages 411-424
Solvation of Alcohols, Amines, Ureas and Amides in Mixed Solvents....Pages 425-437
Microcalorimetry as an Analytical Tool in Biology....Pages 439-460
Application of Calorimetry to the Life Sciences....Pages 461-488
Superhelicity and Energetics of Structural Transitions of Nucleic Acids....Pages 489-509
Calorimetric Studies in Binding Reactions in Biochemistry....Pages 511-530
Cellular Thermochemistry: Resting State and Stimulation....Pages 531-540
Differential Scanning Calorimetry Applications to Protein Solutions....Pages 541-568
Thermochemistry of Molecules, Molecule-Ions, and Free Radicals. Factors Influencing Bond Energies in these Species....Pages 569-600
Experimental Methods to Study the Thermochemistry of Gas Phase Ions and Ion-Molecule Reactions....Pages 601-626
The Thermochemistry of Gas Phase Ion-Molecule Reactions....Pages 627-651
The Application of Low-Temperature Calorimetry to Some Contemporary Problems in Solid State Chemistry....Pages 653-670
Thermodynamics of Crystals — 1982....Pages 671-694
Calorimetry of Phase, Schottky and other Transitions....Pages 695-718
Thermophysics of Mineral and Rock Systems....Pages 719-744
Computerized Adiabatic Thermophysical Calorimetry....Pages 745-767
Lectures on Thermochemistry and Kinetics....Pages 769-787
Barriers to Internal Rotation in Inorganic Species....Pages 789-802
Critical Evaluation of Thermodynamic Data — A Research Activity....Pages 803-814
Thermochemistry Today and Its Role in the Immediate Future....Pages 815-821
Back Matter....Pages 823-845