Chemical potential is particle count derivative of free energy¶
The chemical potential of the system is the amount of energy the system absorbs or releases due to the introduction of a particle into the system, i.e. when the particle count increases by one.
Links:
- chemical_potential¶
chemical_potential
of the system.- Symbol:
mu
- Latex:
\(\mu\)
- Dimension:
energy
- temperature¶
temperature
of the system.- Symbol:
T
- Latex:
\(T\)
- Dimension:
temperature
- particle_count¶
particle_count
of the system.- Symbol:
N
- Latex:
\(N\)
- Dimension:
dimensionless
- free_energy¶
Helmholtz free energy of the system as a function of its natural variables.
- Symbol:
F(T, V, N)
- Latex:
\(F{\left(T,V,N \right)}\)
- Dimension:
energy
- law¶
mu = Derivative(F(T, V, N), N)
- Latex:
- \[\mu = \frac{\partial}{\partial N} F{\left(T,V,N \right)}\]