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60 Spring 2007 Lecture #4 page 1

Enthalpy H(T,p) H ! U + pV

Chemical reactions and biological processes usually take place under

constant pressure and with reversible pV work. Enthalpy turns out
to be an especially useful function of state under those conditions.

reversible
gas (p, T1, V1) "
const . p
gas (p, T2, V2)

U1 U2

%U " q & w " qp ' p %V

%U & p %V " qp define as H
%U & % # pV $ " qp ( % #U & pV $ " qp

H ! U & pV ( %H " qp for a reversible constant p process

) +H * ) +H *
Choose H #T , p $ ( dH " , - dT & , - dp
. +T / p . +p /T
+H ) +H *
What are ), *
- and , - ?
. +T / p . +p /T

) +H *
• , - ( for a reversible process at constant p (dp = 0)
. +T / p
) +H *
dH " !q p and dH " , - dT
. +T / p
+H *
( !q p " ,) - dT but !qp " C p dT also
. +T / p

) +H *
0 , - " Cp
. +T / p
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) +H *
• , - ( Joule-Thomson expansion
. +p /T

adiabatic, q = 0
porous partition (throttle)

gas (p, T1) = gas (p, T2)

w " pV
1 1 ' pV
2 2 ( %U " q & w " pV 2 2 " '% # pV
1 1 ' pV $
0 %U & % # pV $ " 0 ( % #U & pV $ " 0
0 %H " 0

Joule-Thomson is a constant Enthalpy process.

) +H * ) +H *
dH " C p dT & , - dp ( C p dT " ' , - dpH
. +p /T . +p /T
) +H * ) +T * ) %T *
( , - " 'C p , - 1 can measure this , -
. +p /T . +p /H . %p / H

) %T * ) +T *
Define lim , - ", - ! 2JT 1 Joule-Thomson Coefficient
%p 3 0
. %p /H . +p /H

) +H *
0 ,, -- " 'C p 2JT and dH " C p dT ' C p 2JT dp
. +p /T
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For an ideal gas: U(T), pV=nRT

H ! U #T $ & pV " U #T $ & nRT

only depends on T, no p dependence
) +H *
H #T $ ( , - " 2JT " 0 for an ideal gas
. +p /T

For a van der Waals gas:

) +H * a a a
,, -- 4 b ' ( 2JT 4 'b " 0 when T "T inv"
. +p /T RT RT Rb

a a
1. If 5b ( T 6 "T
RT Rb inv

) %T * so if %p 5 0 ( p2 5 p1 )
then ,, -- 5 0
. %p /H then %T 6 0
gas heats up upon expansion.

a a
2. If 6b ( T 5 "T
RT Rb inv

) %T * so if %p 5 0
then ,, -- 6 0
. %p /H then %T 5 0
gas cools upon expansion.

Tinv 66 300K for most real gases.

( Use J-T expansion to liquefy gases

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Proof that C p " CV & R for an ideal gas

) +H * ) +U *
Cp " , - , CV " , -
. +T / p . +T /V
H " U & pV , pV " RT
!""#""
$
7

%""""" "&"""""
8
"
'
) +H * ) +U * ) +V *
, - ", - &p, -
. +T / p . +T / p . +T / p
%""""&""""8
'
) +U * ) +V * )R *
C p " CV & , - , - & p ,, --
. +V /T . +T / p . p /
" 0 for ideal gas

0 C p " CV & R