CHAP. 3: FUNDAMENTALS OF THERMODYNAMICS [CONTENTS] 97
VolumeV 1 is often chosen as large as to allow for a system in its initial state to behave as
an ideal gas. In the limitV 1 →∞at constant amount of substance, equation (3.79) rearranges
to
S(T, V) =S◦(T 1 , Vst) +
∫T
T 1
CV◦(T)
T
dT+nRln
V
Vst
+
∫V
∞
[(
∂p
∂T
)
V
−
nR
V
]
dV , (3.80)
whereVst=nRT /pst, andpstis a standard pressure.
If the volume stays unchanged during a thermodynamic process, equation (3.68) simplifies
to
S(T, V) =S(T 1 , V) +
∫T
T 1
CV(T, V)
T
dT , [V]. (3.81)
For an isothermal process, equation (3.79) becomes
S(T, V) =S(T, V 1 ) +
∫V
V 1
(
∂p
∂T
)
V
dV , [T]. (3.82)
3.5.4.2 Temperature and pressure dependence for a homogeneous system
By integrating the total differential (3.50) with respect to the general prescription (3.30) we
obtain
S(T, p) =S(T 1 , p 1 ) +
∫T
T 1
Cp(T, p 1 )
T
dT−
∫p
p 1
(
∂V
∂T
)
p
dp. (3.83)
Ifp 1 = 0, the system in its initial state behaves as an ideal gas and equation (3.83) becomes
S(T, p) =S◦(T 1 , pst) +
∫T
T 1
Cp◦(T)
T
dT−nRln
p
pst
+
∫p
0
nR
p
−
(
∂V
∂T
)
p
dp , (3.84)
wherepstis a chosen standard pressure.
If the pressure stays unchanged during a thermodynamic process, equation (3.83) simplifies
to
S(T, p) =S(T 1 , p) +
∫T
T 1
Cp(T, p)
T
dT , [p]. (3.85)
For an isothermal process, equation (3.83) becomes
S(T, p) =S(T, p 1 )−
∫p
p 1
(
∂V
∂T
)
p
dp , [T]. (3.86)