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The New Heat Theorem: its Foundations in Theory and Experiment

Nature volume 119, pages 43–44 (1927)Cite this article

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ONE of the most important branches of thermodynamics as applied to chemistry is the relation of heat of reaction with chemical equilibrium data and the calculation of the effect of temperature on the equilibrium constant. The fundamental equation here is that first deduced in its present form by van 't Hoff in 1884:

The New Heat Theorem: its Foundations in Theory and Experiment.

By Prof. W. Nernst Dr. Guy Barr. Pp. xvi + 281. (London: Methuen and Co., Ltd., 1926.) 12s. 6d. net.

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