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The Determination of the Ionization Constants of
Weak Acids in Mixed Solvent Systems: a Study of
Medium Effects.
Louis Henry Adcock
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
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THE DETERMINATION OF THE IONIZATION CONSTANTS OF
WEAK ACIDS IN MIXED SOLVENT SYSTEMS:
A STUDY OF MEDIUM EFFECTS
A Dissertation
Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of
Louisiana State University and
Agricultural and Mechanical College
in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
in
The Department of Chemistry
by
Louis Henry Adcock
B.S., Duke University, I
95
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M.A., Duke University, I 955
January,
19'JO
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The author wishes to thank his wife, Patricia, without whose
encouragement and support this work would not have been completed.
Grateful appreciation is also expressed to Dr. B. Sen for
his guidance and invaluable assistance in directing the work on this
project, and to other members of the graduate chemistry faculty who
have contributed to the author's formal training and to this work.
A special thanks is due Dr. R. V. Nauman and to the late
Dr. J. H. Saylor of Duke University, whose efforts started the author
on the program culminating in this work. Gratitude is also expressed
to Dr. P. W. West for the use of his laboratory and equipment.
Grateful acknowledgment is made to the National Science
Foundation for partial financial support during three summers in the
College Teacher's Research Participation Program and an Academic Year
Extension Grant. Thanks for financial assistance is also due the
University of North Carolina at Wilmington, North Carolina, for a
Faculty Advanced Study Grant and to the Dr. Charles E. Coates Memorial
Fund of the LSU Foundation, donated by George H. Coates for assis­
tance in the publication of this Dissertation.