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<journal-id>1870-3542</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de física E]]></journal-title>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Física]]></publisher-name>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Response coefficients in thermodynamic systems (I)]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Acevedo-Chávez]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Costas]]></surname>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Química ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[México D.F.]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<month>12</month>
<year>2007</year>
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<month>12</month>
<year>2007</year>
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<volume>53</volume>
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<fpage>174</fpage>
<lpage>177</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-35422007000200006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-35422007000200006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-35422007000200006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[In the first undergraduate Physical Chemistry or Classical Thermodynamics courses in the Chemistry areas, the study of equations of state is usually included. The differential forms of the equations of state contain the response coefficients, which are the relations among the relevant properties of state of a particular system. The classic solution to the differential equations thus requires that the response coefficients be known, which must be experimentally obtained. A confined gas is one of the systems that can be experimentally studied in a simple manner. The response coefficient (&#8706;P/&#8706;T)V is important from different points of view. In this communication, the design, the experimental produce and the results for the experimental determination (in an accessible temperature range) of the response coefficient (&#8706;P/&#8706;T)V for atmospheric air, are presented. The value for this coefficient has been highly reproducible by students throughout the courses, no matter the types of manometers, flasks or thermal baths are used in the experiment]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[En los cursos introductorios de Fisicoquímica o de Termodinámica Clásica en las áreas de Química, es requisito la revisión del tema Ecuaciones de Estado. Las expresiones diferenciales de estas, contienen a los coeficientes de respuesta, los cuales expresan las interrelaciones de las propiedades de estado para el sistema particular. La solución clásica de dichas ecuaciones diferenciales requiere el conocer los coeficientes de respuesta, los cuales se determinan experimentalmente. Uno de los tipos de sistemas mas accesibles experimentalmente es un gas confinado. Para este, el coeficiente de respuesta (&#8706;P/&#8706;T)V es importante bajo enfoques diferentes. En esta comunicación se presenta el diseño, realización experimental y resultados sobre la evaluación del coeficiente (&#8706;P/&#8706;T)V para el aire atmosférico, en un rango accesible de temperatura. El valor del coeficiente ha sido notablemente reproducible por estudiantes en semestres consecutivos, sin importar los tipos de manómetros, matraces ó baños térmicos empleados en el experimento]]></p></abstract>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="4">Ense&ntilde;anza</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="4"><b>Response coefficients in thermodynamic systems (I)</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>R. Acevedo&#150;Ch&aacute;vez and M.E. Costas</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><i>Facultad de Qu&iacute;mica, Universidad Nacional Aut&oacute;noma de M&eacute;xico, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 D.F., M&eacute;xico, M&eacute;xico. </i></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Recibido el 23 de noviembre de 2006    <br> Aceptado el 7 de junio de 2007</font></p>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Abstract</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">In the first undergraduate Physical Chemistry or Classical Thermodynamics courses in the Chemistry areas, the study of equations of state is usually included. The differential forms of the equations of state contain the response coefficients, which are the relations among the relevant properties of state of a particular system. The classic solution to the differential equations thus requires that the response coefficients be known, which must be experimentally obtained. A confined gas is one of the systems that can be experimentally studied in a simple manner. The response coefficient (<i>&part;P/<i>&part;</i>T</i>)<i><sub>V</sub> </i><i> </i>is important from different points of view. In this communication, the design, the experimental produce and the results for the experimental determination (in an accessible temperature range) of the response coefficient <i>(<i>&part;P/<i>&part;</i>T</i>)<i><sub>V</sub> </i> </i>for atmospheric air, are presented. The value for this coefficient has been highly reproducible by students throughout the courses, no matter the types of manometers, flasks or thermal baths are used in the experiment.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Keywords: </b>Thermodynamics; response coefficients; equations of state.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Resumen</b></font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">En los cursos introductorios de Fisicoqu&iacute;mica o de Termodin&aacute;mica Cl&aacute;sica en las &aacute;reas de Qu&iacute;mica, es requisito la revisi&oacute;n del tema Ecuaciones de Estado. Las expresiones diferenciales de estas, contienen a los coeficientes de respuesta, los cuales expresan las interrelaciones de las propiedades de estado para el sistema particular. La soluci&oacute;n cl&aacute;sica de dichas ecuaciones diferenciales requiere el conocer los coeficientes de respuesta, los cuales se determinan experimentalmente. Uno de los tipos de sistemas mas accesibles experimentalmente es un gas confinado. Para este, el coeficiente de respuesta (<i>&part;P/<i>&part;</i>T</i>)<i><sub>V</sub> </i>es importante bajo enfoques diferentes. En esta comunicaci&oacute;n se presenta el dise&ntilde;o, realizaci&oacute;n experimental y resultados sobre la evaluaci&oacute;n del coeficiente <i>(<i>&part;P/<i>&part;</i>T</i>)<i><sub>V</sub> </i> </i>para el aire atmosf&eacute;rico, en un rango accesible de temperatura. El valor del coeficiente ha sido notablemente reproducible por estudiantes en semestres consecutivos, sin importar los tipos de man&oacute;metros, matraces &oacute; ba&ntilde;os t&eacute;rmicos empleados en el experimento.</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Descriptores: </b>Termodin&aacute;mica; coeficientes de respuesta; ecuaciones de estado. </font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">PACS: 51.30+i; 64,10+h; 64.30+t.</font></p>     ]]></body>
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