Consider a pure liquid
in contact with the
air. The degrees of freedom can be determined in
several equilvalent ways.
Considering that the system consists of
three components:
,
O
,
N
and has two additional restrictions: 1)
constant, then
.
as before.
Disregard the air:
.
and
therefore
. The liquid has an equilibrium
vapor pressure which is a function of temperature.
One can pick either the vapor pressure or the
temperature independently, but not both.