ENTROPY CHANGE IN IDEAL GAS

Chem 215 ▪ Advance Physical Chemistry

JUMARIE E. CORESES
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MST CHEMISTRY
Review from First Law of Thermodynamic process

An isothermal process is a
thermodynamic process, in which
the temperature of the system
remains constant (T = const). The
heat transfer into or out of the
system typically must happen at
such a slow rate in order to
continually adjust to the temperature
of the reservoir through heat
exchange. In each of these states
the thermal equilibrium is
maintained.
In isothermal process and the ideal
gas, all heat added to the system
will be used to do work: Isothermal
process (dU = 0):
Review from First Law of Thermodynamic process

An adiabatic process is a thermodynamic process, in which there is no

heat transfer into or out of the system (Q = 0). The system can be
considered to be perfectly insulated. In an adiabatic process, energy is
transferred only as work.
 Entropy Change in Ideal Gas

Recall that entropy, which is defined as δqrev/T, is a property of state. So if

we want to calculate the entropy change ΔS, we can arbitrarily choose some
imaginary reversible processes from initial state to final state.
We write down here the definition of entropy:

According to the 1.Law of thermodynamics for reversible process which is

expressed as:
 Entropy Change in Ideal Gas
we can rewrite the equation of entropy by using the 1.Law of thermodynamics:
Entropy Change in Ideal Gas
 Entropy Change in Ideal Gas
So if any two among these three properties, pressure p, temperature T and
volume per unit mass (or volume V), are given, we can choose one of above
three equations to determine the entropy change from state 1 to state 2,
regardless whether the process reversible or irreversible is: