Chemical potential is Gibbs energy per particle¶
Chemical potential of a thermodynamic system can be expressed as the Gibbs energy of the system per particle. Therefore, chemical potential is an intensive physical quantity, whereas Gibbs energy and particle count are extensive.
Links:
- chemical_potential¶
chemical_potentialof the system.- Symbol:
mu- Latex:
\(\mu\)
- Dimension:
energy
- gibbs_energy¶
gibbs_energyof the system.- Symbol:
G- Latex:
\(G\)
- Dimension:
energy
- particle_count¶
particle_countof the system.- Symbol:
N- Latex:
\(N\)
- Dimension:
dimensionless
- law¶
mu = G / N- Latex:
- \[\mu = \frac{G}{N}\]