CONTENTS OF PART III 



PAGE 



THE DIVISION OF THE WORK AND THE TREATMENT CHOSEN 9 



PART III. 



RELATIONS BETWEEN PROPERTIES AND 

 COMPOSITION. 



CONTENTS AND ARRANGEMENT n 



I. RELATIONS BETWEEN PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 

 AND COMPOSITION. 



i. VOLUME RELATIONS 14 



A. Colligative relations . . 15 



1. Characteristic equation 15 



General 15 



Qualitative test of the characteristic equation . . .18 



Quantitative test of the characteristic equation ... 20 



2. Introduction of Avogadro's law into the characteristic 



1 equation. Constant ratio between the theoretical and 



critical volume 22 



3. Corresponding states ..... ... 24 



4. The rectilinear diameter 28 



5. Volume at the absolute zero 29 



6. Volume of the liquid at low temperature . . . 31 



B. Additive and constitutive relations .... 33 



1. Volume at the absolute zero 33 



2. The critical volume 34 



3. Volume at the boiling point ....... 35 



4. Volume at ordinary temperatures ...... 38 



5. The space occupied by matter, and the intermolecular space 39 



6. The volume in solution 4 r 



