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I. I. units, are based on the assumption that for water, at 20°C, yo = yo. It would seem, for the moment, that it is impossible to determine y$/yP with the available techniques. The electron-acceptor parameter yy and the electron-donor parameter y? are only determined by equations [111-31 and [111-51, and, by an extension of these, by the Young-DuprC equation (eq. [111-131). , and yp manifests itself only in conjunction with either yy or y y. The thermodynamically measurable entities y4” and AGGB thus can only yield products of the general form y t y ?.
III-3], the negative sign is made imperative by the thermodynamic convention that a negative sign for AG signifies an attraction (given that AGBB is always attractive, or zero, whilst the two right-hand terms under the square root signs always are positive, or zero). Using the Dupre equation (see eq. tB [111-61 one can express the interfacial tension -ygBbetween substances 1 and 2 as follows: -y$B = AGAB 12 + yAB 1 + YZAB [III-6AI Inserting the values for AGgB defined in eq. [I1131 and for ypB and ypB as defined in eq.
1987); see below. However, for the derivation of values for yhB, AGhB, AGfZ and AGtg, it is not necessary to know the absolute values of y$ and yf of any substance i. It suffices to use pofmity ratios, of y$ and y? relative to the values y g and Polar or Lewis Acid-Base Interactions 25 yg, respectively, of a reference compound, such as, for instance, water. Using the subscript W for water, such polarity ratios, 6@and 60, are then defined as follows: = vmw [III-l9A] gw = vww [III-l9B] 6% and 6yw and 8% being the relative Lewis acid and base polarities, respectively, of substance i, with respect to water.