Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units (eBook)

D. H. Whiffen (Autor)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
46 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4832-7887-2 (ISBN)

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Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units, 1979 Edition contains physical quantity tabulations of products. The Commission on Symbols, Terminology, and Units is a part of the Division of Physical Chemistry of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Its general responsibilities are to secure clarity and precision, and wider agreement in the use of symbols, by chemists in different countries, among physicists, chemists, and engineers, and by editors of
scientific journals.

This book is composed of 13 chapters, and begins with the determination of physical quantities and symbols for physical quantities, which are generally organized in a dimensional system built upon seven base quantities. The succeeding chapters deal with recommended names and symbols for quantities in chemistry and physics. These topics are followed by discussions on units and symbols for units, numbers that printed in upright type. Other chapters describe physical quantities, units, and numerical values, recommended mathematical symbols, symbols for chemical elements,nuclides, and particles. The final chapters consider the values of some fundamental constants.
This book will be of value to analytical and physical chemists.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 8
Preface 6
Chapter 1. Physical quantities and symbols for physical quantities 10
1.1 Physical quantities 10
1.2 Base physical quantities 10
1.3 Derived physical quantities 10
1.4 Use of the words 'specific' and 'molar' in the names of physical quantities 10
1.5 Printing of symbols for physical quantities 11
1.6 Printing of subscripts and superscripts 11
1.7 Products and quotients of physical quantities 11
Chapter 2. Recommended names and symbols for quantities in chemistry and physics 13
2.1 Space, time, and related quantities 13
2.2 Mechanical and related quantities 14
2.3 Molecular and related quantities 14
2.4 Thermodynamic and related quantities 15
2.5 Chemical reactions 16
2.6 Electricity and magnetism 16
2.7 Electrochemistry 17
2.8 Light and related electromagnetic radiation 18
2.9 Transport properties 19
2.10 Symbols for particular cases of physical quantities . . . 19
2.11 Recommended superscripts 20
Chapter 3. Units and symbols for units 21
3.1 Printing of symbols for units 21
3.2 Printing of prefixes 21
3.3 Combination of prefixes and symbols 21
3.4 Multiplication and division of units 21
3.5 The International System of Units 21
3.6 Definitions of the SI Base Units 22
3.7 Names and symbols for SI Base Units 23
3.8 Names and symbols for SI Supplementary Units 23
3.9 Special names and symbols for certain SI Derived Units 23
3.10 SI Derived Units and Unit-symbols for other quantities 23
3.11 SI Prefixes 24
3.12 The degree Celsius 24
3.13 Decimal fractions and multiples of SI Units having special names 24
3.14 Some other units now exactly defined in terms of the SI Units . 24
3.15 Units defined in terms of the best available experimental values of certain physical constants 25
3.16 'International' electrical units 25
3.17 Electrical and magnetic units belonging to unit-systems other than the International System of Units 26
Chapter 4. Numbers 27
4.1 Printing of numbers 27
4.2 Multiplication and division of numbers 27
Chapter 5. Physical quantities, units, and numerical values 28
Chapter 6. Recommended mathematical symbols 29
Chapter 7. Symbols for chemical elements, nuclides, and particles 30
7.1 Definitions 30
7.2 Elements and nuclides 30
7.3 Particles 30
7.4 Abbreviated notation for nuclear reactions 30
Chapter 8. Symbols for spectroscopy 31
8.1 General rules 31
8.2 Atomic spectroscopy 31
8.3 Molecular spectroscopy 31
8.4 Spectroscopic transitions 32
Chapter 9. Conventions concerning the signs of electric potential differences, electromotive forces, and electrode potentials(1) 33
9.1 The electric potential difference for a galvanic cell 33
9.2 Electrode potential 33
Chapter 10. The quantity pH 35
10.1 Operational definition 35
10.2 Standards 35
10.3 Values of pH(S) for five standard solutions 36
Chapter 11. Definition of rate of reaction and related quantities 37
11.1 Rate of reaction 37
11.2 Order of reaction 38
11.3 Labelling of elementary processes 38
11.4 Collision number 38
Chapter 12. Values of some fundamental constants 39
Chapter 13. References 41
Appendix I: Definition of activities and related quantities 42
1. Pure substances 42
2. Mixtures 43
3. Solutions 44

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.10.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Physikalische Chemie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 1-4832-7887-5 / 1483278875
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4832-7887-2 / 9781483278872