The equality between the free energies of several coexistent phases 94 23. Effect of temperature on the free energy 98 24. The effect of osmotic pressure on the free energy of a liquid 100 25. The effect of pressure on the free energy of liquids and gases 103 26. Effect of a force field on the free energy of water 106 [ i ] 11 Contents PAGE THERMODYNAMIC INTERRELATIONS AMONG THE PROPERTIES OF SOIL MOISTURE 27. Relation between the changes of pressure ΔΡ and temperature AT if two pure phases are to remain in equilibrium-Clausius-Clapeyron equation.. 28. Dependence of the free energy of a liquid Δ/ on the hydrostatic pressure ΔΡ as measured by its freezing-point depression AT 29. Relation between the changes of pressure ΔΡ and temperature AT for a solution to remain in equilibrium with the solid phase of the pure solvent 30. Generalized treatment of the effect of pressure on the freezing point, and its application to relatively moist soils-generalized Clausius-Clapeyron equation 31. Dependence of the free energy of a solvent Δ/ on the amount of dissolved material as measured by its freezing-point depression AT 32. Dependence of the free energy of a liquid surface possessing a surface tension σ on its area A 33. Dependence of the free energy of a liquid on its surface tension and its radius of curvature 34. Dependence of the free energy of the solvent of a solution on the amount of dissolved material present v/35. Dependence of the osmotic pressure of a solution on the amount of solute present-van't Hoff's law of osmotic pressure 36. Dependence of the vapor pressure of the solvent of a solution on the amount of dissolved material present 37. Dependence of atmospheric pressure on height 38. Dependence of the freezing point of a dilute solution on the mol fraction of solute present 39. A datum for free energy and the dependence of the latter on vapor pressure 40. Relation between the hydrostatic pressure and osmotic pressure of a pure solvent and a solution when the two are at equilibrium 41. Dependence of the vapor pressure of a liquid on the hydrostatic pressure in the liquid 42. Dependence of the hydrostatic pressure in a liquid on its surface tension and its radius of curvature 43. Effect of surface tension and radius of curvature of the air-water interface on the vapor pressure of soil moisture 44. Comparison of free energy with other thermodynamic functions having properties similar to free energy 45. Thomson, or Gibbs-Helmholtz, equation 46. Relation between surface tension, total surface energy per unit area, and temperature KINETIC THEORY OF SOIL MOISTURE 47. Dependence of the properties of soil moisture on the velocities and energies of the individual molecules 48. Meanings of terms to be used in the statistical analysis of molecular ve locities and energies Contents iii PAGE 49. Molecular statistics 50. Relation between the entropy s and the thermodynamic probability W.. 51. Relation between the entropy s of a system at equilibrium and the internal energy e n of the different molecules 177 52. Relation of t...