Bridgman's thermodynamic equations
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article for general differential relationships). The extensive variables of the system are fundamental. Only the
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''V''  and the four most common thermodynamic potentials will be considered. The four most common thermodynamic potentials are: : The first derivatives of the internal energy with respect to its (extensive) natural variables ''S''  and ''V''  yields the intensive parameters of the system - The
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''P''  and the
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''T'' . For a simple system in which the particle numbers are constant, the second derivatives of the thermodynamic potentials can all be expressed in terms of only three
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: Bridgman's equations are a series of relationships between all of the above quantities.


Introduction

Many thermodynamic equations are expressed in terms of partial derivatives. For example, the expression for the heat capacity at constant pressure is: :C_P=\left(\frac\right)_P which is the partial derivative of the enthalpy with respect to temperature while holding pressure constant. We may write this equation as: :C_P=\frac This method of rewriting the partial derivative was described by Bridgman (and also Lewis & Randall), and allows the use of the following collection of expressions to express many thermodynamic equations. For example from the equations below we have: :(\partial H)_P=C_P and :(\partial T)_P=1 Dividing, we recover the proper expression for CP. The following summary restates various partial terms in terms of the thermodynamic potentials, the state parameters S, T, P, V, and the following three
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which are easily measured experimentally. :\left(\frac\right)_P = \alpha V :\left(\frac\right)_T = -\beta_T V :\left(\frac\right)_P = C_P = c_P N


Bridgman's thermodynamic equations

Note that Lewis and Randall use F and E for the Gibbs energy and internal energy, respectively, rather than G and U which are used in this article. : (\partial T)_P=-(\partial P)_T=1 : (\partial V)_P=-(\partial P)_V=\left(\frac\right)_P : (\partial S)_P=-(\partial P)_S=\frac : (\partial U)_P=-(\partial P)_U=C_P-P\left(\frac\right)_P : (\partial H)_P=-(\partial P)_H=C_P : (\partial G)_P=-(\partial P)_G=-S : (\partial A)_P=-(\partial P)_A=-S-P\left(\frac\right)_P : (\partial V)_T=-(\partial T)_V=-\left(\frac\right)_T : (\partial S)_T=-(\partial T)_S=\left(\frac\right)_P : (\partial U)_T=-(\partial T)_U=T\left(\frac\right)_P+P\left(\frac\right)_T : (\partial H)_T=-(\partial T)_H=-V+T\left(\frac\right)_P : (\partial G)_T=-(\partial T)_G=-V : (\partial A)_T=-(\partial T)_A=P\left(\frac\right)_T : (\partial S)_V=-(\partial V)_S=\frac\left(\frac\right)_T+\left(\frac\right)_P^2 : (\partial U)_V=-(\partial V)_U=C_P\left(\frac\right)_T+T\left(\frac\right)_P^2 : (\partial H)_V=-(\partial V)_H=C_P\left(\frac\right)_T+T\left(\frac\right)_P^2-V\left(\frac\right)_P : (\partial G)_V=-(\partial V)_G=-V\left(\frac\right)_P-S\left(\frac\right)_T : (\partial A)_V=-(\partial V)_A=-S\left(\frac\right)_T : (\partial U)_S=-(\partial S)_U=\frac\left(\frac\right)_T+P\left(\frac\right)_P^2 : (\partial H)_S=-(\partial S)_H=-\frac : (\partial G)_S=-(\partial S)_G=-\frac+S\left(\frac\right)_P : (\partial A)_S=-(\partial S)_A=\frac\left(\frac\right)_T+P\left(\frac\right)_P^2+S\left(\frac\right)_P : (\partial H)_U=-(\partial U)_H=-VC_P+PV\left(\frac\right)_P-PC_P\left(\frac\right)_T-PT\left(\frac\right)_P^2 : (\partial G)_U=-(\partial U)_G=-VC_P+PV\left(\frac\right)_P+ST\left(\frac\right)_P+SP\left(\frac\right)_T : (\partial A)_U=-(\partial U)_A=P(C_P+S)\left(\frac\right)_T+PT\left(\frac\right)_P^2+ST\left(\frac\right)_P : (\partial G)_H=-(\partial H)_G=-V(C_P+S)+TS\left(\frac\right)_P : (\partial A)_H=-(\partial H)_A=-\left +P\left(\frac\right)_P\rightleft -T\left(\frac\right)_P\rightPC_P\left(\frac\right)_T : (\partial A)_G=-(\partial G)_A=-S\left +P\left(\frac\right)_T\rightPV\left(\frac\right)_P


See also

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Table of thermodynamic equations This article is a summary of common equations and quantities in thermodynamics (see thermodynamic equations for more elaboration). Definitions Many of the definitions below are also used in the thermodynamics of chemical reactions. General ...
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Exact differential In multivariate calculus, a differential or differential form is said to be exact or perfect (''exact differential''), as contrasted with an inexact differential, if it is equal to the general differential dQ for some differentiable function  ...


References

* *{{cite book , last=Lewis , first=G.N. , authorlink=Gilbert N. Lewis , author2=Randall, M. , authorlink2=Merle Randall , title=Thermodynamics , url=https://archive.org/details/thermodynamics00lewi , url-access=registration , year=1961 , publisher=McGraw-Hill Book Company , location=New York, edition=2nd Thermodynamic equations Equations