On the Polymerization of Liquids and a General Method for Determining Its Relative Value
M. M. Garver · The Journal of Physical Chemistry · 1912
In a recent paper' presented before the Royal Society of Canada at its May meeting, 1912, I applied a new molecular thermodynamic theorem t o test, theoretically, the degree of polymerization of liquid substances.The dynamic basis of the theorem independent of its thermodynamic implications may be concisely stated as follows :The attractive forces which maintain a substance in the free liquid phase are just numerically equal to the pressure the same substance would exert, were it a perfect gas, at the same temperature and deasity.The thermodynamic significance of this theorem lies in its furnishing the force function which may be applied in all isothermal changes of phase between liquid and vapor.From