Bridgman's Thermodynamic Equations

In Thermodynamics, Bridgman's Thermodynamic equations is actually a method of generating a large number of thermodynamic identities involving a number of thermodynamic quantities. Some of the most common thermodynamic quantites are:
Internal energy U
Helmholtz free energy F
Gibbs free energy G
Enthalpy H
Particle number N
Pressure P
Density ρ
Entropy S
Temperature T
Specific heat (constant volume) CV
Specific heat (constant pressure) CP
Volume V
Many thermodynamic equations are expressed in terms of partial derivatives. For example, the expression for the specific heat at constant volume is:
C_P=\left(\frac{\partial H}{\partial T}\right)_P
which is the partial derivative of the internal energy with respect to temperature while holding volume constant. We may write this equation as:
C_P=\frac{(\partial H)_P}{(\partial T)_P}
This method of rewriting the partial derivative was described by Bridgman (and also Lewis &; Randall), and allows the use of the following collection of expressions to express many thermodynamic equations. For example in the equations below we have:
(\partial H)_P=C_P
and
(\partial T)_P=1
Dividing, we recover the proper expression for CP. The following summary restates various partials in terms of S, T, P, and the following three derivatives which are easily measured experimentally.
\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P,~~~ \left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial P}\right)_T,~~~ \left(\frac{\partial H}{\partial T}\right)_P (=C_P)

Bridgman's thermodynamic equations

(\partial T)_P=-(\partial P)_T=1
(\partial V)_P=-(\partial P)_V=\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P
(\partial S)_P=-(\partial P)_S=\frac{C_p}{T}
(\partial U)_P=-(\partial P)_U=C_P-P\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P
(\partial H)_P=-(\partial P)_H=C_P
(\partial G)_P=-(\partial P)_G=-S
(\partial F)_P=-(\partial P)_F=-S-P\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P
(\partial V)_T=-(\partial T)_V=-\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial P}\right)_T
(\partial S)_T=-(\partial T)_S=\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P
(\partial U)_T=-(\partial T)_U=T\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P+P\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial P}\right)_T
(\partial H)_T=-(\partial T)_H=-V+T\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial }\right)_P
(\partial G)_T=-(\partial T)_G=-V
(\partial F)_T=-(\partial T)_F=P\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial P}\right)_T
(\partial S)_V=-(\partial V)_S=\frac{C_P}{T}\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial P}\right)_T+\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P^2
(\partial U)_V=-(\partial V)_U=C_P\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial P}\right)_T+T\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P^2
(\partial H)_V=-(\partial V)_H=C_P\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial P}\right)_T+T\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P^2-V\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P
(\partial G)_V=-(\partial V)_G=-V\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P-S\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial P}\right)_T
(\partial F)_V=-(\partial V)_F=-S\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial P}\right)_T
(\partial U)_S=-(\partial S)_U=\frac{PC_P}{T}\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial P}\right)_T+P\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P^2
(\partial H)_S=-(\partial S)_H=-\frac{VC_P}{T}
(\partial G)_S=-(\partial S)_G=-\frac{VC_P}{T}+S\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P
(\partial F)_S=-(\partial S)_F=\frac{PC_P}{T}\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial P}\right)_T+P\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P^2+S\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P
(\partial H)_U=-(\partial U)_H=-VC_P+PV\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P-PC_P\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial P}\right)_T-PT\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P^2
(\partial G)_U=-(\partial U)_G=-VC_P+PV\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P+ST\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P+SP\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial P}\right)_T
(\partial F)_U=-(\partial U)_F=-P(C_P+S)\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial P}\right)_T+PT\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P^2+ST\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P
(\partial G)_H=-(\partial H)_G=-V(C_P+S)+TS\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P
(\partial F)_H=-(\partial H)_F=\leftV}{\partial T}\right)_P\right\leftV}{\partial T}\right)_P\right+PC_P\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial P}\right)_T
(\partial F)_G=-(\partial G)_F=-SV-_P\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial P}\right)_T-PV\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_P

References

  • Bridgman, P.W., Phys. Rev., 3, 273 (1914).
  • Lewis, G.N., and Randall, M., "Thermodynamics", 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1961.

 

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