Valid Entropy-Enthalpy Compensation: Its True Physical-Chemical Meaning

Authors

  • E.B. Starikov University of Karlsruhe, Chalmers University of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-5030.2013.02.04.5

Keywords:

Enthalpy, entropy, compensation, free energy, exergy, availability, thermodynamics

Abstract

The notion of entropy-enthalpy compensation (EEC) is well known and hotly debated up to now. Nevertheless, any valid EEC phenomenon ought to have in sooth a definite physical-chemical sense. The roots of the latter are discussed here in detail

Author Biography

E.B. Starikov, University of Karlsruhe, Chalmers University of Technology

Institute for Theoretical Solid-State Physics, Department of Physical Chemistry

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2013-11-25

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Starikov, E. (2013). Valid Entropy-Enthalpy Compensation: Its True Physical-Chemical Meaning. Journal of Applied Solution Chemistry and Modeling, 2(4), 240–245. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-5030.2013.02.04.5

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