热力学：电极反应的真实热效应（英文版）

ThevolumenamedThermodynamics-Howmucharetherealheatsofelectrodereaction？isananthologyonascholarlytopic，whichembodiestheoutcomeoftheauthor‘soriginalresearchovertheyearsandshowshissomefreshideasintheareaofphysicochemistryinprocessmetallurgy．Theauthor’sacademicworkhasbeenmainlyfocusingontheheatsofelectrodereaction．Intheresearchintothisproject，theauthorhasdiscoveredthattheheatreleaseandheatabsorptionofanelectrodeprocesscouldnotreallybepredictedaccordingtothecurrentknowledgeofthethermodynamicsorelectrochemistry，althoughthistypeofheatscantruthfullybemeasuredbyexperimentsandafairlyaccurateforecastofthereleasedorabsorbedheatsforacellreactioncanalsobegiven．Certainly，thesettlementofthisproblemhastodowiththeentropychangeofanelectrodereaction．Therefore，theissuebecomesverybasic．Forexample，whetherisitalwaysappropriateinallcasestostipulatetheentropychangeforthestandardhydrogenelectrodereactiontobezeroatanytemperature？Whatistheexactexpressionofthefirstandsecondlawsofthermodynamicswhentheyareusedtoanelectrodereaction？Inordertopredictandexperimentallymeasuretherealheatsofelectrodereaction，theauthorproposedtheconceptoftheabsolutescalefirstonwhichtheentropychangeforstandardhydrogenelectrodereactionatroomtemperaturehasbeengiven．Besides，thecontentisalsocompletewiththestudiesof“solutionchemistry”．“phaseboundariesofmuhicomponentsystem”．“oxygenpotentialofbuffergases”and“thermodynamicpropertiesofsubstances”．Amongthem，therearethediscussionsonthethermodynamicmodelsofaqueoussolutionofelectrolyteandmoltensaltsystem，therelationshipbetweentheprobability-distributionfunctionofwatermoleculesnearthesoluteionandtheosmoticcoefficientsofelectrolytesolution，thecompletecomputationandanalyticexpressionforpartialmolarpropertiesofcomponentsalongthephaseboundaries，thenewrepresentationforthechemicalpotentialsofoxygen，whichisdifferentfromtheclassicalone，andcanbeappliedtoconstructionofthediagramofoxygenpotentialagainsttemperature，etc．Theauthorhasattemptedtosystematizethepapersindifferentpoints．Thiswillbeindispensabletoresearchersinthefieldtograspthesecontentsmoredeeplyandtounderstandthecontributionintreatmentanddevelopmentofsomebasicissues．Ofcourse，thoseconclusionsinthecollectedpapersmightnotbeutterlystrictandcautious．Someofthemstillneedmoredeeplyacademicresearchesandfurtherexperimentstobeimproved．Forexample，whetheritisappropriateandreasonabletospecifybothalltheentropychangeandelectrodepotentialofareversibleelectrodereactiontobezerowhenthetemperatureinKelvinapproacheszero．Thevolumeasavaluablereferencereadingcouldbeusefulforstudentstudyandpostgraduatestudyoftherelatedspecialistarea，especiallyforthoseinterestedinmasteringtheexperimentalandtheoreticalaspectsofphysicochemistryinprocessmetallurgy．Thepublishingofthebookisalsoexpectedtobeabletoenlightenthemtoknowthattheremightbestillsomethingthathampersfurtherdevelopmentofthediscipline，evenfortherelativelymaturedisciplineandsomeknowledgethathasbeenmorewidelyaccepted．Atthetimewhenthebookispublished．theauthorwouldliketothanktheNationalNaturalScienceFoundationofChinaforfinancialsupport．Itisthesupportthathascreatedagreatsurrounding，wheretheauthorisabletomeditateonthesomeacademicissuesintherelatedprojects．TheauthoralsowishestoexpresshisappreeiationtotheStateEducationCommitteeofP．R．ChinaandtheUniversityofManitoba0fCanadafortheresearchesduringthestudyabroad，andtotheresearchcollaboratorswhogivethevaluablehelp．ProfessorXinminCHENwasmydoctoraladvisor．Hewasawell—knownscientistofphysicochemistryinprocessmetallurgyandthememberoftheChineseAcademyofSciences．Thisyearisjustthecentennialofhisbirth．TohimIdedicatethisvolumeintokenofaffectionandgratitude．