International Geophysics Series, 1963, Volume 6. Academic Press, New York, London, 1963. – 255 pp.
Examining the treatment in meteorological works of thermo-dynamical problems involving the ideas of surface tension and of adsorption, one is struck by the fact that such questions are almost always dealt with in a fragmentary manner. The reader is referred to various works which he is recommended to study in order to understand the statements presented. The multiplicity of sources on which it is desirable to draw leads him to feel the need for a general treatment, and to wish for a single account uniting in a coherent manner the various problems of a similar nature involving the thermodynamics of capillarity. Only an account of this kind enables one to get to the root of problems, to perceive what physical hypotheses are required in the process, and to judge the consistency or inconsistency of various theories.Contents.
Introduction
Ideas of Capillarity
Surface Model and Definitions of Adsorption,Surface Enthalpy, and Entropy
Laws of Thermodynamics
Fundamental Formulas in Terms ofIntensive Variables
Equilibrium States
Adiabatic Transformations
Examination of Some Approximations or Hypotheses
Study of a Droplet Suspended in the Atmosphere
Study of an Ice Crystal Suspended in the Atmosphere
Temperature of Coexistence of a Dropletof Solution and a Crystal of Ice in the Atmosphere
Germs of Condensation and Crystallization
Equilibrium Populations of Embryos. Calculation of Number of Germs as Limiting Case of Problem of Equilibrium.
Nucleation Rate
List of Symbols
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index
