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CH 321 Dr. R. L. Hudson

Known Textbook Errors in Physical Chemistry by David W. Ball


Typographical errors exist in the first edition of nearly every physical chemistry
textbook. Here are some that have been reported for your book's first eight
chapters. Almost all of these come directly from the author. Other chapters may
be added later.


Chapter 1

page 7 - Standard ambient temperature and pressure (SATP) should be at
298.15 K, not 273.15 K.

page 13 - The two unnumbered equations for the compressibility, Z , are better
written as "Z = 1 + 0/ V + ..." and " Z = 1" rather than using the expression pV
/RT.

page 14 - Example 1.5 - There should be an extra set of parentheses in the left
side of the second equation so that the substitutions for the "V-nb" term are
properly multiplied together. The numerical solution is correct, however.

page 15 - 5th line - it should read "x << 1" (the '1' is missing).

page 22 - Exercise 1.16(b): the variables being held constant should be "x,y,z".
Exercise 1.16(c) should have the variables "w,x,z" held constant.


Chapter 2

page 24 - Columnar chapter contents - the word "State" is misspelled for section
2.4.

page 36 - Just under equation (2.18), "chain rule" should be "product rule".

page 41 - First unnumbered equation - The differential in the second term should
be "dV", not "dT".

page 47 - Beginning of last paragraph - only monatomic ideal gases have a
temperature-invariant heat capacity.

page 49, equation (2.45) - gamma is more commonly defined as C
p
/C
v
, which
adds a "-1" term in the exponents of the two expressions on the top of the next
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page.

page 57 - Again, "chain rule" should be "product rule".


page 58 - Example 2.18 - the DnRT term should be 3.63 kJ, so the final deltaU is
-1564 kJ.

page 60 - Figure 2.12 - To be consistent with the symbolism in the text, the H
1

and H
2
and H
3
should be Delta H
1
, Delta H
2
, and Delta H
3
.


Chapter 3

page 79 - The first paragraph of section 3.6 could be better. The main reason for
the entropy increase is the increase in volume on mixing.

page 80 - line 9 is incorrect

Chapter 4

page 90 - Four equations involving q
rev
- Although it states at the bottom of the
derivation that the 'equals' sign in the equations that precede it refers to the
reversible process, the 'rev' label on q should be omitted so that the 'less than'
sign in those equations is also applicable in irreversible situations.

page 90 - Fourth equation on page, unnumbered - The subscript on the p
variable should be 'ext', not 'rev'.

page 90 - In the next-to-last line, what is meant is the fifth equation on the page.

page 94 - Example 4.2 - The correct answer for w should be 3710 J, not 3610 J.

page 103 - First equation after equation (4.38) - The first minus sign in the
expression should not be there.

page 115 - Exercise 4.20. The variable being held constant in the numerator
should be V, not T. The numerator should read (dS/dp)
V
.

page 117 - Exercise 4.50 - The simplified van der Waals equation should have a
minus sign, not a plus sign, in the volume term.


Chapter 5

page 125 - The "=" is misplaced in the solution of the example.
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page 128 - plugged-in expression for K - the square should be in the numerator,
not the denominator. However, this does not affect the solution of the problem.

page 129 - Equation (5.13) - The activity variable in the numerator should have a
subscript "i" on it. Also, the denominator should read "j reactants", not "j
products".

page 129 - In the last line, replace "activity" with "chemical potential".

page 131 - third equation (unnumbered) on page et seq. - M
i
should refer to the
molar mass of the solvent, not the solute.

page 135 - Solution - the stated volume, not pressure, is suddenly decreased to
0.500 L.


Chapter 6

page 158 - Solution, part b - we are above the triple point, not the critical point.
This does not affect the conclusion, however.

page 163 - #6.21(d) - The question asks for conversion to ice VI to ice VII, but
Figure 6.6 (page 156) was truncated to eliminate ice VII. However, the question
is still answerable as it stands.


Chapter 7

page 179 - In the last paragraph (first sentence), it's not certain to what
"composition" refers.

page 197 - there are four places where x
solute
should be x
solvent
.

page 200 - Example 7.16 - The first approximation step is incorrect; you can't
substitute the total volume for the molar volume. This introduces a error factor of
55 or so. The number of moles in the solution should be 2.18x10
-6
mol, and the
final molecular weight would be 4590 g/mol.


Chapter 8

page 211 - Third statement from the bottom - the statement should read
"...negative for the reactants and positive for products..." [emphasis added]

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page 216 - last line - Reaction 2's voltage is +0.409V, not 0.447 V. The final
answer of the calculation is correct, however.

page 217, calculation at top of page - several of the numbers in the body of the
calculation are incorrect, but the final answer is correct.

page 220, 221, exercise 8.23 - Equation (8.30) should have a minus sign inside
the parentheses, not a plus sign. This affects the answer to Example 8.6 on
page 221 and the answer to exercise 8.23 as well.

page 221 - Equation (8.31) - there should be a minus side on the right side of the
equation; caused by an errant minus sign on the equation before it.

page 227, top half of page - the discussion should be 'total free energy', not 'total
chemical potential' (since chemical potential is a partial molar quantity). Equation
(8.42), the unnumbered equation immediately following, and equation (8.45)
should be expressions for G, not mu.

page 233 - Example 8.12 - In the last line of part a, it should be 0.0188, not
0.00188. The final answer is thus 0.360 V, not 0.377 V.










(RLH, 9/7/2007)