Gibbs free energy thermodynamics/Helmholtz

The relations which permit us to express equilibria utilize the Gibbs free energy, to which we will give the symbol G and which will be called simply free energy for the rest of this chapter. This thermodynamic quantity is expressed as a function of enthalpy and entropy. This is not to be confused with the Helmholtz free energy which we will note sF (L" j (j, > )... 

Themodynamic State Functions In thermodynamics, the state functions include the internal energy, U enthalpy, H and Helmholtz and Gibbs free energies, A and G, respectively, defined as follows ... 

As noted above, it is very difficult to calculate entropic quantities with any reasonable accmacy within a finite simulation time. It is, however, possible to calculate differences in such quantities. Of special importance is the Gibbs free energy, as it is the natoal thermodynamical quantity under normal experimental conditions (constant temperature and pressme. Table 16.1), but we will illustrate the principle with the Helmholtz free energy instead. As indicated in eq. (16.1) the fundamental problem is the same. There are two commonly used methods for calculating differences in free energy Thermodynamic Perturbation and Thermodynamic Integration. 

In most applications, thermodynamics is concerned with five fundamental properties of matter volume (V), pressure (/ ), temperature (T), internal energy (U) and entropy (5). In addition, three derived properties that are combinations of the fundamental properties are commonly encountered. The derived properties are enthalpy (//). Helmholtz free energy (A) and Gibbs free energy ) ... 

In addition to the fundamental variables p, V, T, U, and S that we have described so far, three other thermodynamic variables are commonly encountered enthalpy Helmholtz free energy and Gibbs free energy. They are extensive variables that do not represent fundamental properties of the... 

The most important property of a liquid-gas interface is its surface energy. Surface tension arises at the boundary because of the grossly unequal attractive forces of the liquid subphase for molecules at its surface relative to their attraction by the molecules of the gas phase. These forces tend to pull the surface molecules into the interior of the liquid phase and, as a consequence, cause liquids to minimize their surface area. If equilibrium thermodynamics apply, the surface tension 7 is the partial derivative of the Helmholtz free energy of the system with respect to the area of the interface—when all other conditions are held constant. For a phase surface, the corresponding relation of 7 to Gibbs free energy G and surface area A is shown in eq. [ 1 ]. 

Thermodynamic properties for explosion calculations are presented for major organic chemical compounds. The thermodynamic properties include enthalpy of formation, Gibbs free energy of formation, internal energy of formation and Helmholtz free energy of formation. The major chemicals include hydrocarbon, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine and other compound types. 

Application to Macromolecular Interactions. Chun describes how one can analyze the thermodynamics of a particular biological system as well as the thermal transition taking place. Briefly, it is necessary to extrapolate thermodynamic parameters over a broad temperature range. Enthalpy, entropy, and heat capacity terms are evaluated as partial derivatives of the Gibbs free energy function defined by Helmholtz-Kelvin s expression, assuming that the heat capacities integral is a continuous function. 

The first and second laws of thermodynamics and the Helmholtz and Gibbs free energies are rearranged to obtain the relationships between the state functions (i.e., E, H, A, and G) and temperature, pressure, and volume. For an infinitesimal process the first law is given by ... 

Thermodynamic Functions for Solids.—In the preceding section we have seen how to express the equation of state and specific heat of a solid as functions of pressure, or volume, and temperature. Now we shall investigate the other thermodynamic functions, the internal energy, entropy, Helmholtz free energy, and Gibbs free energy. For the internal... 

The other thermodynamic functions are also easily found. If we confine ourselves to low pressures, of the order of atmospheric pressure, we can neglect the term PV in the Gibbs free energy of liquid or solid. Then the Helmholtz and Gibbs free energies are approximately equal and are given by... 

To apply the preceding concepts of chemical thermodynamics to chemical reaction systems (and to understand how thermodynamic variables such as free energy vary with concentrations of species), we have to develop a formalism for the dependence of free energies and chemical potential on the number of particles in a system. We develop expressions for the change in Helmholtz and Gibbs free energies in chemical reactions based on the definition of A and G in terms of Q and Z. The quantities Q and Z are called the partition functions for the NVT and NPT systems, respectively. 

At equilibrium, the extensive properties U, S, V, Nh and the linear combination of them are functions of state. Such combinations are the Helmholtz free energy, the Gibbs free energy, and enthalpy, and are called the thermodynamic potentials. Table 1.13 provides a summary of the thermodynamic potentials and their differential changes. The thermodynamic potentials are extensive properties, while the ordinary potentials are the derivative of the thermodynamic potentials and intensive properties. 

If you like, FR(DLVO) = U m (SI) for the Helmholtz free energy of the interaction for two flat plates is our baseline, a point at which everyone can agree. It was the next step in the SI formalism, the calculation of the Gibbs free energy, that sundered the colloid world. It may seem incredible to scientists outside the held that the basic thermodynamic relation... 

To clarify the different roles played by the Helmholtz and Gibbs free energies of ionic solutions, it is relevant to reconsider the derivation of these thermodynamic quantities in the original Debye-Hiickel theory [1—4],... 

The condition for equilibrium may be described by any of several thermodynamic functions, such as the minimization of the Gibbs or Helmholtz free energy or the maximization of entropy. If one wishes to use temperature and pressure to characterize a thermodynamic state, one finds that the Gibbs free energy is most easily minimized, inasmuch as temperature and pressure are its natural variables. Similarly, the Helmholtz free energy is most easily minimized if the thermodynamic state is characterized by temperature and volume (density) [4]. 

Thus, an irreversible change at constant entropy and pressure is accompanied by a decrease in the enthalpy we say that the enthalpy is the thermodynamic potential associated with the physical variables 8 and p. We now define the Helmholtz free energy F) and the Gibbs free energy [0) by the relations... 

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