PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY IN BRIEF

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CHAP. 6: THERMODYNAMICS OF HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURES [CONTENTS] 156

Note:Since these relations are derivatives at constant natural variables and not at constant
temperature and pressure, they are not partial molar quantities.


  • The dependence of the chemical potential on temperature is expressed by the equation


μi(T 2 ) =μi(T 1 ) +

∫T 2

T 1

(
∂μi
∂T

)

p,n

dT , (6.67)

with (∂μi/∂T)p,nobtained by differentiating equation (3.41) with respect toni.
(
∂μi
∂T

)

p,n

=

(
∂Gi
∂T

)

p,n

=−Si. (6.68)


  • The dependence of the chemical potential on pressure is expressed by the equation


μi(p 2 ) =μi(p 1 ) +

∫p 2

p 1

(
∂μi
∂p

)

T,n

dp , (6.69)

where (
∂μi
∂p

)

p,n

=

(
∂Gi
∂p

)

T,n

=Vi. (6.70)

S Symbols: The subscriptnemphasizes that this is a change at constant amounts of sub-
stance of all components, i.e. also at constant composition.


  • Dependence of the chemical potential on composition
    The chemical potential is written as a sum of two terms


μi=μsti +RTlnai, (6.71)

of which the first, μsti, the standard chemical potential^1 of a component [see 6.5.4]
does not depend on composition. Dependent on composition is the activity of theith
component in the mixture,ai[see6.5.4] in the second term of the equation.

(^1) According to the new IUPAC recommendations, a general (unspecified) standard state is denoted asμ◦i.

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