Essai de statique chimique
work by Berthollet
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- In Claude-Louis Berthollet: Chemical theory of Claude-Louis Berthollet
…he wrote the controversial “Essai de statique chimique” (1803; “Chemical Equilibria”), aimed at establishing the general laws of chemical reactions and a systematic approach to physical chemistry. The idea for this sprang from notions discussed with Lavoisier about the role of chemical affinities and Berthollet’s decade-long set of experiments…
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