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theories of solutions
- In liquid: Electrolytes and nonelectrolytes
Broadly speaking, liquid mixtures can be classified as either solutions of electrolytes or solutions of nonelectrolytes. Electrolytes are substances that can dissociate into electrically charged particles called ions, while nonelectrolytes consist of molecules that bear no net electric charge. Thus, when ordinary salt (sodium…
Read More - In liquid: Activity coefficients and excess functions
…for the behaviour of a solution, activity coefficients, symbolized by γi, are used in expressing deviations from Raoult’s law. Activity coefficients are directly related to excess functions, and, in attempting to understand solution behaviour, it is convenient to characterize nonelectrolyte solutions in terms of these functions. In particular, it is…
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