...elasticities which the two constituents would have, supposing each to occupy the bulks of the whole; and that the volume of the mixture is equal to the sum of the volumes of the two constituents, supposing both separately subjected to the same pressure which the compound sustains...

...acid. s found also that if the gases are mixed at the same pressure, jefore and after the mixture, the volume of the mixture is equal to the sum of the volume mixed, it being of course understood that the mixture takes place in a vessel whose aides are...

...tion of heat, a phenomenon which never attends the mixing of gases. 3. When two or more gases mix by diffusion, the volume of the mixture is equal to the sum of the volumes of the constituent gases. On the contrary, in cases where a recognized chemical combination takes place between...

...("Thermodynamik," vol. ii., § 69, pp. 209 et seq.). Ordinary diffusion of two gases at equal pressure ;ind temperature is an irreversible process involving loss...results are fully in accordance with the second law. "О. Н. BRYAN. MR. MA BROWNE'S letter (p. 102) raises an interesting and difficult question which...

...Mixtures. — When two or more substances are mixed without either shrinkage or expansion (that is, when the volume of the mixture is equal to the sum of the volumes of the components), the density of the mixture can easily be expressed in terms of the quantities and densities of the components....

...determine the specific gravity of the mixture formed of assigned quantities of them, assuming that the volume of the mixture is equal to the sum of the volumes of the components. For example, suppose that a pint of water is mixed with a pint of alcohol of which the specific gravity...

...Mixtures. — When two or more substances are mixed without either shrinkage or expansion (that is, when the volume of the mixture is equal to the sum of the volumes of the components), the density of the mixture can easily be expressed in terms of the quantities and densities of the components....

...Mixtures. — When two or more substances are mixed without either shrinkage or expansion (that is, when the volume of the mixture is equal to the sum of the volumes of the components), the density of the mixture can easily be expressed in terms of the quantities and densities of the components....

...their respective specific gravities. WW ... their volumes are -5-^ , -~-^, ... (Art. 17). ^ Then if the volume of the mixture is equal to the sum of the volumes of the component parts, the volume of the mixture is Wl Ws .'. if a be its specific gravity, its weight is...

...general properties which may be calculated from the properties and proportions of the components. Thus the volume of the mixture is equal to the sum of the volumes of the components ; the energy content of the mixture is equal to the sum of the energy contents of the components, ie there...