Acetic acid vapor: 2. A statistical mechanical critique of vapor density experiments.
A statistical mechanical model is used to critique vapor density experiments on acetic acid. The model suggests that the differences in the standard enthalpy of dissociation of acetic acid dimer reported in the literature lie mainly in the interpretation of the data and not in the data itself. If a uniform and plausible interpretative framework is adopted, the discrepancies largely disappear.
Togeas
James B
JB
Division of Science and Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Morris, 600 East 4th Street, Morris, Minnesota, 56267, USA. togeasjb@morris.umn.edu