Electrolytes and salt solutions are ubiquitous in chemical industry, biology and nature. This unique compendium introduces the elements of the solution properties of ionic mixtures. In addition, it also serves as a bridge to the modern researches into the molecular aspects of uniform and non-uniform charged systems. Notable subjects include the Debye-Hückel limit, Pitzer's formulation, Setchenov salting-out, and McMillan-Mayer scale. Two new chapters on industrial applications — natural gas treating, and absorption refrigeration, are added to make the book current and relevant.This textbook is eminently suitable for undergraduate and graduate students. For practicing engineers without a background in salt solutions, this introductory volume can also be used as a self-study.

Dr Lloyd Lee obtained the PhD degree at the Northwestern University. He has carried out research work at national and international institutes: the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Paris XI, Spanish CSIC (Advanced Council of Scientific Research), National Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, University of Messina in Italy, and Kwazulu-Natal University in South Africa. He worked in industries: The Du Pont Chemical Company and Stepan Chemical Company. He has been professor at the University of Oklahoma, and Cleveland State University, and is now at the California State University.