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:<math>\left.H\right.=U+pV</math>
:<math>\left.H\right.=U+pV</math>


where <math>U</math>  is the [[internal energy]], <math>p</math> is the [[pressure]], <math>V</math> is the volume and ''(-pV)'' is a ''conjugate pair''. The differential of this function is
where <math>U</math>  is the [[internal energy]], <math>p</math> is the [[pressure]], <math>V</math> is the volume.
<math>pV</math> is a ''conjugate pair''. The differential of this function is


:<math>\left.dH\right.=dU+pdV+Vdp</math>
:<math>\left.dH\right.=dU+pdV+Vdp</math>
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:<math>\left.dH\right.=TdS +Vdp</math>
:<math>\left.dH\right.=TdS +Vdp</math>


For ''H(S,p)'' we have the following ''total differential''
For <math>H(S,p)</math> we have the following ''total differential''


:<math>dH=\left(\frac{\partial H}{\partial S}\right)_p dS + \left(\frac{\partial H}{\partial p}\right)_S dp</math>
:<math>dH=\left(\frac{\partial H}{\partial S}\right)_p dS + \left(\frac{\partial H}{\partial p}\right)_S dp</math>

Revision as of 17:06, 12 March 2012

Enthalpy () [1][2] is defined as:

where is the internal energy, is the pressure, is the volume. is a conjugate pair. The differential of this function is

From the Second law of thermodynamics one obtains

thus we arrive at

For we have the following total differential

References