Exercises — Maxwell relations — derivation from each potential
2.4.3 · D4· Physics › Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics (Advanced) › Maxwell relations — derivation from each potential
Shuru karne se pehle, ek reminder un chaar relations ka jo tum baar baar use karoge:
Aur do measurable quantities jo baar baar aati hain — ek baar define kar lete hain, seedhi baat mein:
L1 — Recognition
Problem 1.1 (L1)
Tum compute karna chahte ho ki ek fluid ki entropy kitni change hoti hai jab tum use constant temperature par compress karo, yaani . Kaun si Maxwell relation yeh seedha deti hai, aur yeh kis potential se aati hai?
Recall Solution 1.1
KYA dhundhna hai: ek aisi relation jisme ko ke saath differentiate kiya gaya ho constant par, ek taraf. Toolkit scan karo — yeh chauthi relation hai: YEH KYUN: left side bilkul match karti hai. Yeh Gibbs free energy se aati hai, jiske natural variables hain — exactly wahi do variables jo yahan kaam mein hain ( held, varied). YEH KYUN USEFUL HAI: right side hai, jise tum thermometer aur ruler se measure kar sakte ho. Toh .
Problem 1.2 (L1)
Har held-constant subscript ko sahi potential se match karo: relation ek Maxwell relation mein aati hai. Subscript kya hai, aur potential kaun sa?
Recall Solution 1.2
KYA: dhundho jahan ko se differentiate kiya gaya ho. Yeh pehli relation hai (from ): SUBSCRIPT KYUN HAI: ke natural variables hain. Jab hum ke saath differentiate karte hain, toh doosra natural variable, , woh hota hai jo held fixed rehta hai. Us subscript ko drop karna ya change karna relation ko galat bana deta hai — neeche mistake box dekho.
L2 — Application
Problem 2.1 (L2)
Ek mole ideal gas ke liye, . Ek Maxwell relation use karke compute karo, phir fixed par integrate karo (ek constant tak).
Recall Solution 2.1
Step 1 — relation chunna (KYUN): humein chahiye constant par. Helmholtz relation ise measurable terms mein deta hai: Step 2 — RHS evaluate karo (KYA): se, ke saath differentiate karo fixed rakh kar: Toh . Step 3 — fixed par integrate karo: Sanity check: yeh exactly Sackur–Tetrode entropy ki volume-dependence hai — famous term — sirf ek Maxwell relation se recover kiya gaya.
Problem 2.2 (L2)
Dikhao ki jahan thermal expansion coefficient hai, aur ise 1 mol ideal gas ke liye , par evaluate karo. use karo.
Recall Solution 2.2
Step 1 (KYUN): Gibbs relation . ki definition se, , toh seedha Step 2 — ideal gas : ke saath, , toh (kyunki ). Ideal gas ke liye . Step 3 — number: . Matlab: pressure badhane se entropy ghatti hai (squeeze karne se gas ordered hoti hai) — sign negative hai, exactly jaisa intuition demand karta hai.
L3 — Analysis
Problem 3.1 (L3)
General relation derive karo Phir confirm karo ki yeh 1 mole ideal gas ke liye deta hai.
Recall Solution 3.1
Step 1 — entropy se shuru karo (KYUN): heat capacities hain aur . Humein unka difference chahiye, toh ko ek baar ke roop mein express karo aur compare karo. Step 2 — expand karo: Constant par se divide karo: Step 3 — se multiply karo taaki har ek heat capacity ban jaye: Step 4 — Helmholtz Maxwell relation apply karo : Step 5 — unmeasurable ko khatam karo cyclic (triple-product) rule se. Kisi bhi teen variables ke liye jo equation of state se jude hain, general identity hai: Jo piece chahiye uske liye solve karo, baaki do factors ko right mein move karke (note karo ki , reciprocal): Ab do measurable coefficients insert karo, aur : Step 6 — assemble karo (ek baar phir use karke): Step 7 — ideal-gas check: , (from : , toh ). Phir > Yeh Heat capacities $C_P - C_V$ ka celebrated result hai — note karo ki ise ek general substance ke liye prove karne ke liye Maxwell relation ki zaroorat thi, sirf ideal gases ke liye nahi. Kyunki , , aur sab hain, yeh yeh bhi prove karta hai ki hamesha hota hai.
Problem 3.2 (L3)
Ek gas van der Waals equation follow karti hai jahan intermolecular attraction ki strength measure karta hai aur excluded volume hai (molecules ka finite size — woh jagah jo woh physically occupy karte hain aur isliye compress nahi ki ja sakti). dhundho aur uske sign ko interpret karo.
Recall Solution 3.2
Step 1 — energy equation (parent note mein prove kiya gaya): . Step 2 — ke liye solve karo: . Step 3 — constant par differentiate karo: sirf pehla term par depend karta hai: Step 4 — assemble karo: Interpretation: kyunki (attractions), internal energy badhti hai jab gas expand hoti hai — molecules ko unki mutual attraction ke against alag kheenchne ke liye energy feed karni padti hai. Notice karo ki excluded-volume constant bilkul cancel ho jaata hai: energy ki volume-dependence purely attractions se set hoti hai. Yeh ek real gas ki Joule (free) expansion mein cooling ka microscopic origin hai.
L4 — Synthesis
Problem 4.1 (L4)
Joule–Thomson (throttling) expansion mein temperature change derive karo, yaani coefficient sirf measurable quantities , , , mein express karo. Phir ideal gas ke liye evaluate karo aur comment karo.
Recall Solution 4.1
Step 1 — process isenthalpic hai (KYUN): porous plug ke through throttling enthalpy conserve karta hai, toh hum ko ke saath differentiate karte hain constant par. Step 2 — par cyclic rule: teen variables , , linked hain (koi bhi do state fix karte hain), toh Problem 3.1 mein use kiya gaya wahi general cyclic identity unpar apply hoti hai: Jo piece chahiye uske liye solve karo (aur use karke): Denominator hai by definition. Step 3 — evaluate karo se. Constant par se divide karo: Step 4 — entropy term ko Gibbs Maxwell relation se khatam karo : Step 5 — assemble karo: Step 6 — ideal gas: , toh aur . Ideal gas throttling par cool nahi hoti — aur ke consistent. Real gases tab cool hoti hain jab (inversion temperature se neeche), yahi tarika hai jisse liquefiers kaam karte hain.
Problem 4.2 (L4)
Identity prove karo, aur ise use karke dikhao ki ideal gas ka volume-independent hota hai.
Recall Solution 4.2
Step 1 — ko entropy ke through likho: . Constant par ke saath differentiate karo: Step 2 — differentiation ka order swap karo (KYUN — Schwarz): kyunki ek state function hai, mixed partials commute karte hain: Step 3 — Helmholtz Maxwell relation apply karo : Step 4 — assemble karo: Step 5 — ideal gas: fixed par mein linear hai, toh . Isliye : ideal gas ke liye volume par depend nahi kar sakta — phir se derived, assumed nahi.
L5 — Mastery
Problem 5.1 (L5)
Sirf thermodynamics (Maxwell relations + third law) use karke dikhao ki kisi bhi substance ka thermal expansion coefficient zero ho jaana chahiye jab .
Recall Solution 5.1
Step 1 — Maxwell relation lao (KYUN): , aur Gibbs relation ise entropy derivative mein convert karta hai: Toh . Step 2 — third law invoke karo (Nernst): jab , har system ki entropy ek constant ke paas jaati hai jo se independent hoti hai (aur se bhi). Isliye Step 3 — conclude karo: Matlab: yeh ek universal prediction hai — koi bhi material absolute zero ke approach karte waqt (pehle order mein mein) expand ya contract nahi karta. Yeh solids, liquid helium, sab ke liye confirm ho chuka hai. Ek pure thermodynamic theorem jo ek Maxwell relation aur ek law se nikal aaya.
Problem 5.2 (L5)
Ek aisa material socho jiska negative thermal expansion coefficient ho (jaise aur ke beech water, ya zirconium tungstate). Maxwell relations use karke predict karo ki aisi material ko adiabatically aur reversibly compress karne par temperature ka sign kya hoga. Apna reasoning puri tarah se dikhao.
Recall Solution 5.2
Step 1 — "adiabatic reversible" ka matlab (KYUN): koi heat flow nahi aur reversible constant entropy, . Hum compression () ke under ka sign jaanna chahte hain. Step 2 — par cyclic rule: Step 3 — pieces identify karo. Denominator: (heat capacity aur temperature positive hain). Numerator: Gibbs Maxwell relation use karo Step 4 — assemble karo: Step 5 — sign padho. , , sab positive hain, toh ka sign ka sign hai.
- Normal material (): compression ise warm karta hai () — familiar bicycle-pump heating.
- Negative-expansion material (): compression ise cool karta hai (). Matlab: water ka near-freezing counter-intuitive expansion behaviour uski adiabatic heating ka sign flip kar deta hai — ek striking, testable consequence jo ek Maxwell relation aur cyclic rule se nikali.

Recall Poori ladder ka ek-paragraph recap
L1: recognise karo ki kaun sa potential kaun sa derivative own karta hai (differentiated variable aur subscript dono match karo). L2: apply karo ek relation ko, calculation ko measurable equation-of-state side par push karke. L3: combine karo relations ko cyclic rule ke saath taaki aur mile. L4: synthesise karo bilkul naye results — Joule–Thomson, — Maxwell + Schwarz ko saath use karke. L5: master karo universal theorems ( at ; negative-expansion materials ke liye sign-flip) jahan thermodynamics akele real experiments forecast karta hai. Throughout: derive karo, signs kabhi memorize mat karo.
Connections
- Parent topic — Maxwell relations
- Heat capacities $C_P - C_V$ — L3.1 iska full derivation hai
- Joule expansion and internal energy — L3.2 iska microscopic cause deta hai
- Thermal expansion coefficient and isothermal compressibility — , throughout use hue hain
- Equality of mixed partial derivatives (Schwarz theorem) — L4.2 ka engine
- Thermodynamic potentials & Legendre transforms
- First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics