Clausius equation of state: Difference between revisions
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:<math>\left[ p + \frac{a}{T(v+c)^2}\right] (v-b) =RT.</math> | :<math>\left[ p + \frac{a}{T(v+c)^2}\right] (v-b) =RT.</math> | ||
At the [[critical points | critical point]] one has <math>\left.\frac{\partial p}{\partial v}\right|_{T=T_c}=0 </math>, and <math>\left.\frac{\partial^2 p}{\partial v^2}\right|_{T=T_c}=0 </math>, which leads to | |||
:<math>a = v_c - \frac{RT_c}{4P_c}</math> | :<math>a = v_c - \frac{RT_c}{4P_c}</math> | ||
Revision as of 13:23, 20 October 2009
The Clausius equation of state, proposed in 1880 by Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius [1] is given by (Equations 3 and 4 in [2])
At the critical point one has , and , which leads to
and
where is the pressure, is the temperature, is the volume per mol, and is the molar gas constant. is the critical temperature and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle P_c} is the pressure at the critical point, and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle v_c } is the critical volume per mol.