Saturday, May 16, 2009

Gibbs Function

The Gibbs function is also known as the Gibbs free energy and is defined in terms of temperature, T, the enthalpy, H, and entropy, S, such that :
G = H - TS. 

In a thermodynamic process with no composition change, the change in Gibbs function is given by:
dG = dH - TdS - SdT

Using the combined first and second laws, dU = TdS - PdV and dH = TdS + VdP gives:

dG = VdP -SdT 

For a constant pressure process: (dG/dT)p = - S, and for a constant temperature process:(dG/dP)T = V, where V is the volume of the system.

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