next up previous
Next: About this document ... Up: Lecture_19_web Previous: That which is Minimized

The Potential to add a Chemical Species

A very important quantity is identified when the Gibbs free energy is introduced as in Equation 19-8.

$\displaystyle \input{equations/13-5A}$ (19-11)

so that

$\displaystyle \input{equations/13-5B}$ (19-12)

Note that the chemical potential is an intensive variable as a potential should be.


\bgroup\color{blue}$ \mu^\alpha_i(P,T)$\egroup is the chemical potential of species \bgroup\color{blue}$ i$\egroup in phase \bgroup\color{blue}$ \alpha$\egroup: it is rate at which reversible work that must be done on a the subsystem \bgroup\color{blue}$ \alpha$\egroup to add a species \bgroup\color{blue}$ i$\egroup at constant \bgroup\color{blue}$ P$\egroup and \bgroup\color{blue}$ T$\egroup.


Question: How would Equation 19-8 be modified if the chemical species that were being added were charged?


Question: How would the equilibrium condition Equation 19-8 (or more generally Equation 19-1) be modified if the chemical species that were being added were charged?


Work out in the space provided below, the general conditions on equilibrium for a closed system (i.e.,one that has a fixed numbers of independent chemical species) at fixed pressure and temperature. Let the system have \bgroup\color{blue}$ f$\egroup different phases.


next up previous
Next: About this document ... Up: Lecture_19_web Previous: That which is Minimized
W. Craig Carter 2002-10-22