Ambient Heat Capacities and Entropies of Ionic Solids: A Unique View Using the Debye Equation.

Entropies of solids are obtained experimentally as integrals of measured heat capacities over the temperature range from zero to ambient. Correspondingly, the Debye phonon distribution equation for solids provides a theoretical connection between these two chemical thermodynamic measures. We examine...

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Main Author: Glasser, Leslie
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Chemical Society 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4666
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description Entropies of solids are obtained experimentally as integrals of measured heat capacities over the temperature range from zero to ambient. Correspondingly, the Debye phonon distribution equation for solids provides a theoretical connection between these two chemical thermodynamic measures. We examine how the widely applicable Debye equation illuminates the relation between the corresponding experimental measures using more than 250 ionic solids. Estimation of heat capacities for simple ionic solids by the Dulong–Petit heat capacity limit, by the Neumann–Kopp elemental sum, and by the ion sum method is examined in relation to the Debye equation. We note that, and explain why, the ambient temperature heat capacities and entropies of ionic solids are found to be approximately equal, and how deviations from equality may be related to the Debye temperature, TD, which characterizes the Debye equation. It is also demonstrated that Debye temperatures may be readily estimated from the experimental ratio of ambient heat capacity to entropy, Cp/Sp, rather than requiring resort to elaborate theoretical or experimental procedures for their determination. Correspondingly, ambient mineral entropies and heat capacities are linearly correlated and may thus be readily estimated from one another.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-46662017-09-13T14:48:42Z Ambient Heat Capacities and Entropies of Ionic Solids: A Unique View Using the Debye Equation. Glasser, Leslie Entropies of solids are obtained experimentally as integrals of measured heat capacities over the temperature range from zero to ambient. Correspondingly, the Debye phonon distribution equation for solids provides a theoretical connection between these two chemical thermodynamic measures. We examine how the widely applicable Debye equation illuminates the relation between the corresponding experimental measures using more than 250 ionic solids. Estimation of heat capacities for simple ionic solids by the Dulong–Petit heat capacity limit, by the Neumann–Kopp elemental sum, and by the ion sum method is examined in relation to the Debye equation. We note that, and explain why, the ambient temperature heat capacities and entropies of ionic solids are found to be approximately equal, and how deviations from equality may be related to the Debye temperature, TD, which characterizes the Debye equation. It is also demonstrated that Debye temperatures may be readily estimated from the experimental ratio of ambient heat capacity to entropy, Cp/Sp, rather than requiring resort to elaborate theoretical or experimental procedures for their determination. Correspondingly, ambient mineral entropies and heat capacities are linearly correlated and may thus be readily estimated from one another. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4666 10.1021/ic400617u American Chemical Society restricted
spellingShingle Glasser, Leslie
Ambient Heat Capacities and Entropies of Ionic Solids: A Unique View Using the Debye Equation.
title Ambient Heat Capacities and Entropies of Ionic Solids: A Unique View Using the Debye Equation.
title_full Ambient Heat Capacities and Entropies of Ionic Solids: A Unique View Using the Debye Equation.
title_fullStr Ambient Heat Capacities and Entropies of Ionic Solids: A Unique View Using the Debye Equation.
title_full_unstemmed Ambient Heat Capacities and Entropies of Ionic Solids: A Unique View Using the Debye Equation.
title_short Ambient Heat Capacities and Entropies of Ionic Solids: A Unique View Using the Debye Equation.
title_sort ambient heat capacities and entropies of ionic solids: a unique view using the debye equation.
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4666