‘Entropy is anthropomorphic’: does this lead to interpretational devalorisation of entropy-enthalpy compensation?

Enthalpy-Entropy Compensation Effect in Saturated Solutions on an Example of Polynuclear Aromatics According to Thermodynamics at Melting Temperature

A thermodynamic the influence of temperature on the logarithm of the considered quantity is expressed by bifunctional functional terms (1/T, lnT). For this purpose, the Apelblat & Manzurola (A&M) equation was used for extended model dissolution analysis of 12 aromatic hydrocarbons in tetralin and decalin vs. temperature for saturated solutions. The A&M equation was found to be thermodynamically compensatory in the sense of Enthalpy-Entropy-Compensation (EEC) while limiting melting temperature Tm=∆mH∆mS. The coefficients for the functional terms A1 vs. A2 are a linear relationship, with a slope called the compensation temperature Tc, as ratio of average enthalpy to average entropy. From this dependence, it has been shown that the approximation of ∆cp=∆mS¯ is justified, also assuming the average entropy. Regarding the term representing the activity coefficients, modifications to the A&M equation were proposed by replacing the intercept and it was shown that the new form correctly determines ∆mH. However, the condition is that the molar fraction of the solute exceeds x > 0.5 moles. It has been shown that the simplest equation referred to van ’t Hoff’s isobar also allows the simultaneous determination of enthalpy and entropy, but these quantities do not always come down to melting temperature.

Compensation effects and relation between the activation energy of spin transition and the hysteresis loop width for an iron(ii) complex

Wide thermal hysteresis loops for iron(ii) spin crossover complexes are associated with high activation barriers: the higher the activation barrier, the wider the hysteresis loop for a series of related spin crossover systems.