Algebraic chemistry : applications and origins / / Cynthia Kolb Whitney

• Autore: Whitney Cynthia Kolb <1941->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Publishers, c2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (386 p.)
• Disciplina: 541.01/512
• Soggetto topico: Molecular dynamics - Mathematics; Ionization constants - Measurement; Quantum chemistry
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- ALGEBRAIC CHEMISTRY -- ALGEBRAIC CHEMISTRY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE BACKGROUND -- 2. THIS BOOK -- 2.1. About Part I -- 2.2. About Part II -- 2.3. About Part III -- 2.4. About So Much More -- 3. THE CHARACTERS -- PART I. CHEMISTRY AS NUMERICAL REGULARITIES -- PROLOG TO PART I -- ABOUT PATTERNS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: THE PERIODIC TABLE, MENDELEYEV STYLE -- IONIZATION POTENTIALS OF ATOMS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. OBSERVED BEHAVIOR OF IONIZATION POTENTIALS OF ALL ORDERS -- 2. DETAILS ON BEHAVIOR OF FIRST-ORDER IONIZATION POTENTIALS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- APPENDIX: BASIC DATA ON FIRST-ORDER IONIZATION POTENTIALS OF ATOMS -- IONIZATION POTENTIALS OF IONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. MODEL DEVELOPMENT -- 2. SYMBOLIC FORMULAE -- CONCLUSION -- AN INVITATION TO READERS -- APPENDIX: FORMULAE AND EVALUATIONS FOR SEQUENTIAL IONIZATIONS OF SELECTED ELEMENTS -- 1. Hydrogen -- 2. Helium -- 3. Lithium -- 4. Beryllium -- 5. Boron -- 6. Carbon -- 7. Nitrogen -- 8. Oxygen -- 9. Fluorine -- 10. Neon -- 11. Sodium -- 12. Magnesium -- 13. Aluminum -- 14. Silicon -- 15. Phosphorus -- 16. Sulfur -- 17. Chlorine -- 18. Argon -- 19. Potassium -- 21. Scandium -- 24. Chromium -- 26. Iron -- 27. Cobalt -- 29. Copper -- 30. Zinc -- 31. Gallium -- 32. Germanium -- 33. Arsenic -- 35. Bromine -- 36. Krypton -- 37. Rubidium -- 39. Yttrium -- 45. Rhodium -- 46. Palladium -- 47. Silver -- 48. Cadmium -- 49. Indium -- 50. Tin -- 51. Antimony -- 54. Xenon -- 55. Cesium -- 57. Lanthanum -- 74. Tungsten -- 78. Platinum -- 79. Gold -- 80. Mercury -- 81. Thallium -- 82. Lead -- 83. Bismuth -- 84. Polonium -- 86. Radon -- 87. Francium -- 89. Actinium -- IONS AND STATES OF MATTER -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. STATE CHANGE TEMPER ATURES AND FIRST ORDER IONIZATION POTENTIALS -- 2. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SOME ELEMENT PAIRS. ; 2.1. Hydrogen and Helium -- 2.2. Lithium and Beryllium -- 2.3. Nitrogen and Oxygen -- 3. STATES OF MATTER AND STATES OF IONIZATION -- 3.1. Melting Points -- 3.2. Boiling Points -- 3.3. Phase Diagrams -- 4. HOW TEMPARATURE DRIVES POPULATIONS OF IONIZATION STATES -- 4.1. Boltzmann Factors -- 4.2. The Planck Black-Body Spectrum -- 4.3. A Mechanism for Driving Macroscopic State Changes -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- A RESPITE FOR READERS -- REFERENCES -- SINGULAR ELEMENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. KEYSTONE ELEMENTS -- 2. NOBLE GASSES -- 2.1. Helium -- 2.2. Neon -- 3. HALOGENS -- 3.1. Bromine -- 4. METALS -- 4.1. Mercury -- 4.2. Gallium -- CONCLUSION -- A PROJECT FOR READERS -- REFERENCE -- TYPICAL MOLECULES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. GENERAL INFORMATION -- 2. DIATOMIC MOLECULES -- 3. TRIATOMIC MOLECULES -- 4. HYDROCARBONS -- 4.1. Methane CH4 -- 4.2. Ethane C2H6 -- 4.3. Propane C3H8 -- 4.4. Butane C4H10 -- 4.5. Pentane C5H12 -- 4.6. Hexane C6H14 -- 4.7. Septane, Octane, and Beyond -- 4.8. A Brief Revisit to Hydrocarbons and States of Matter -- CONCLUSION -- A PROJECT FOR READERS -- IMPORTANT REACTIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. HYDROCARBON COMBUSTION -- 2. HYDROCARBON COMBUSTION IN STEPS -- 2.1. Steps in Methane Combustion -- 2.2. Energies from Steps in Methane Combustion -- 2.3. Focus on the First Step of Methane Combustion -- 3. FIRST STEP OF COMBUSTION FOR OTHER HYDROCARBONS -- 3.1. Hexane Combustion, First Step 2 -- 3.2. Septane Combustion, First Step H -- 3.3. Octane Combustion, First Step -- 3.4. Real Combustion, First Step -- 4. FIRST STEP OF COMBUSTION FOR A FUEL MIX -- 5. THE NECESSARY POST SCRIPT TO HYDROCARBON COMBUSTION -- 5.1. Rhodium -- 5.2. Palladium -- 5.3. Platinium -- CONCLUSION -- A PROJECT FOR READERS -- REFERENCES -- CATALYSIS OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE EXAMPLE REACTION. ; 1.1. The Full Reaction -- 1.2. The Textbook Catalyzed Reaction Steps -- 1.3. Why the Textbook Story Didn't Work -- 2. A NEW ATTACK ON THE PROBLEM -- 2.1. The First Catalyzed Reaction Step -- 2.2. The Second Catalyzed Reaction Step -- 2.3. Define More Reaction Steps? -- 3. QUESTIONING THE ASSUMED REACTION -- 4. NATURAL CATALYSIS -- CONCLUSION -- A PROJECT FOR READERS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ELECTRO-CHEMISTRY IN POWER GENERATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE ORIGINS OF CONTROVERSY -- 1.1. Lack of Neutrons -- 1.2. Variability of Excess Heat -- 1.3. Lack of Credible Theory -- 2. THE NUMERICAL INFORMATION NEEDED -- 3. WHAT HAPPENS IN THE ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION -- 4. WHAT HAPPENS AT THE CATHODE -- CONCLUSION -- A PROJECT FOR READERS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCE -- PART II. CHEMISTRY AS QUANTUM MECHANICS -- PROLOG TO PART II -- REFERENCES -- HYDROGEN AS THE PROTOTYPICAL ATOM -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. RADIATION FROM ACCELERATING CHARGES -- 2. TORQUING IN THE HYDROGEN ATOM -- 3. EVEN MORE RADIATION -- 4. BALANCE AT THE GROUND STATE -- 5. EXCITED STATES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- GENERAL CHARGE PAIRS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. HYDROGEN -- 2. POSITRONIUM -- 3. THE PROTON PAIR -- 4. THE ELECTRON PAIR -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCE -- ELECTRON RINGS AND STRUCTURES THEREOF -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. COMFORTABLE ELEMENTS -- 1.1. A Ring of Three Electrons -- 1.2. Two Rings of Three Electrons -- 1.3. A Ring of Five Electrons -- 1.4. Two Rings of Five Electrons -- 1.5. A Ring of Seven Electrons -- 1.6. Two Rings of Seven Electrons -- 2. UNCOMFORTABLE ELEMENTS -- 3. PECULIAR ELEMENTS -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- A PROJECT FOR READERS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- EXPLOSIONS AND EXPLANATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. LOG-LINEARITY OF IONIZATION POTENTIALS. ; 2. ON THE MEANING OF HIGHER-ORDER IONIZATION POTENTIALS -- 2.1. Observations -- 2.2. Explanations -- 3. ON THE MEANING OF FIRST-ORDER IONIZATION POTENTIALS -- 3.1. Full Periods -- 3.2. Sub-Period Levels -- 3.3. Sub-Period Slopes -- 4. ON THE UTILITY OF HIGHER-ORDER IONIZATION POTENTIALS IN CHEMISTRY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART III. QUANTUM MECHANICS AS ELECTRODYNAMICS -- PROLOG TO PART III -- REFERENCE -- PHOTONS AND MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. APPROACH -- 2. E'S AND B'S FOR ONE OF THE TWO ORIENTATIONS -- 3. WAVEFORM EVOLUTION -- 4. WAVEFORM ENERGY DENSITIES -- 5. RELATIVE MOTION -- 6. IMPLICATIONS FOR FIELDS DELIVERED -- 7. IMPLICATIONS FOR RELATIVITY THEORY -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- APPENDIX -- [A] Theory of the Photon -- The Concept of Convergence -- REFERENCES -- ON THE INVARIANCE OF MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. EXTENDED TENSOR NOTATION, WITH MATRIX DEMONSTRATIONS -- 3. GALILEAN TRANSFORMATION OF MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CONCLUSION -- 1. SOME HISTORY TO RECALL -- 2. THE TASK TO ADDRESS -- 3. SPECIFIC TOOLS TO USE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
• Titolo autorizzato: Algebraic chemistry
• ISBN: 1-62257-866-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824880903321
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