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2. A Theory of Solution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

W. W. J. Nicol
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This paper contained an account of the experimental evidence in support of the theory of solution enunciated in a paper “On the Nature of Solution,” communicated to the Society in January 1883. Solution of a salt in a liquid is a consequence of the attraction of the molecules of the liquid, for a molecule of the salt (adhesion), exceeding the attraction of the molecules of salt for one another (cohesion). As the number of dissolved salt molecules increases, the attraction of the molecules of liquid for the molecules of salt becomes more and more balanced by the mutual attraction of the salt molecules. When these two forces are in equilibrium, saturation ensues.

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Proceedings 1184-85
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 13 , 1886 , pp. 27 - 29
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1886

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note * page 27 Phil. Mag., February 1883; see also Proceedings R.S.E., 1880–82; Berichte der deut. Ghem. Ges., October 1883.

note * page 28 Phil. Mag., February 1883; Chem. Soc. Journal, March 1883Google ScholarPubMed.

note † page 28 Phil. Mag., February 1883.

note * page 28 Ibid.

note ¶ page 28 Phil. Mag., June 1884.

note ‡ page 28 Berichte de deut. Chem. Ges., 1884.

note ‡ page 28 Loc. cit., also Phil. Mag., September 1884.

note ‡ page 28 Ibid.

note ║ page 28 Ibid.

note ** page 28 Ibid.