Enthalpy

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Definition of the enthalpy, H

\left.H\right.=U+pV

where U is the internal energy, p is the pressure, V is the volume and (-pV) is a conjugate pair. The differential of this function is

\left.dH\right.=dU+pdV+Vdp

From the Second law of thermodynamics one obtains

\left.dH\right.=TdS -pdV +pdV+Vdp

thus we arrive at

\left.dH\right.=TdS +Vdp

For H(S,p) we have the following total differential

dH=\left(\frac{\partial H}{\partial S}\right)_p dS + \left(\frac{\partial H}{\partial p}\right)_S dp
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