MSE 308 Thermodynamics of Materials

Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering Spring 2005/Bill Knowlton Problem Set 5 Solutions

1. Develop a state function for pressure for a system in which changes in Helmholtz free energy and temperature. Simplify your answer to receive full credit.

MSE 308 Thermodynamics of Materials

Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering Spring 2005/Bill Knowlton

2. Develop a state function for Gibbs free energy for a system that undergoes a change in volume and entropy. Simplify your answer to receive full credit.

MSE 308 Thermodynamics of Materials

Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering Spring 2005/Bill Knowlton

MSE 308 Thermodynamics of Materials

Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering Spring 2005/Bill Knowlton

3. Compute the change in internal energy when 12 liters of argon gas at 273 K and 1 atm is compressed to 6 liters with the final pressure is equal to 10 atm. Solve this problem in two different ways: a. Apply the general procedure to evaluate U = U(P,V) and integrate from initial to final (P,V).

MSE 308 Thermodynamics of Materials

Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering Spring 2005/Bill Knowlton

MSE 308 Thermodynamics of Materials

Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering Spring 2005/Bill Knowlton

MSE 308 Thermodynamics of Materials

Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering Spring 2005/Bill Knowlton

b. Use the information to compute the final temperature of the gas and apply the general relation U = CvT.

72 atm L x()

MSE 308 Thermodynamics of Materials 4. Evaluate the partial derivative:

Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering Spring 2005/Bill Knowlton

H G S
in terms of experimental variables.

MSE 308 Thermodynamics of Materials

Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering Spring 2005/Bill Knowlton

5. Derive the relationship that describes the dependence of Helmholtz free energy on entropy and temperature.