Thermodynamic integration

Thermodynamic integration is used to calculate the difference in the Helmholtz energy function, 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 A} , between two states. The path must be continuous and reversible, i.e., the system must evolve through a succession of equilibrium states (Ref. 1 Eq. 3.5)

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Isothermal integration

At constant temperature (Ref. 2 Eq. 5):

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Isobaric integration

At constant pressure (Ref. 2 Eq. 6):

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where 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 G} is the Gibbs energy function 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 H} is the enthalpy.

Isochoric integration

At constant volume (Ref. 2 Eq. 7):

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where $U$ is the internal energy.

See also

• Gibbs-Duhem integration

References

1. J. A. Barker and D. Henderson "What is "liquid"? Understanding the states of matter ", Reviews of Modern Physics 48 pp. 587 - 671 (1976)
2. C. Vega, E. Sanz, J. L. F. Abascal and E. G. Noya "Determination of phase diagrams via computer simulation: methodology and applications to water, electrolytes and proteins", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 20 153101 (2008) (section 4)

Related reading

• Enrique de Miguel "Estimating errors in free energy calculations from thermodynamic integration using fitted data", Journal of Chemical Physics 129 214112 (2008)