Two empirical formulae for estimating standard entropy of inorganic ionic solids and a possible connection between two associated electronic structure principles
Abstract
Two empirical formulae for estimating the standard entropies of some inorganic ionic solids are pro-posed. Linear relations are suggested between the standard entropy and the cube root of the formula unit volume as well as the cube root of the diamagnetic susceptibility, building a bridge between conceptual density functional theory and solid state chemistry. It is noted that the stabilities of inorganic ionic crys-tals are closely related to their molar diamagnetic susceptibilities. The suggested correlation provides a connection between the maximum entropy and minimum magnetizability principles.