APPLICATION OF FLUCTUATION SOLUTION THEORY TO STRONG ELECTROLYTE-SOLUTIONS

Fluctuation solution theory via direct correlation integrals for corre lating an predicting the densities and activities of aqueous strong el ectrolytes up to saturation is described theoretically and from experi ment. The subtlety, but importance, of the McMillan-Mayer (MM) treatme nt is contrasted with other thermodynamic developments. Also, formal r esults are shown which distinguish the effects of solvent compressibil ity (fluctuations) and electrostatics on property divergences in syste ms near the solvent's critical point.