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rayman123
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Homework Statement
Knowing some gas entropy
[tex] S= Nk_{B}[ln(\frac{V}{N})+\frac{3}{2}ln(\frac{mU}{3\pi\hbar^2N})+\frac{5}{2}][/tex] calculate chemical potential.
Homework Equations
[tex] \mu = -T(\frac{\partial S}{\partial N})[/tex]
The Attempt at a Solution
I multiply all the terms by themselvs and get
[tex] S= Nk_{B}ln(\frac{V}{N})+\frac{3}{2} Nk_{B}ln(\frac{mU}{3\pi\hbar^2N})+\frac{5}{2}Nk_{B}[/tex]
Now following the formula
[tex] \mu = -T(\frac{\partial S}{\partial N})[/tex]
I differentiate each term separately
[tex](\frac{\partial S}{\partial N})= Nk_{B}ln(\frac{V}{N})=k_{B}ln(\frac{V}{N})+Nk_{B}\frac{-NV}{VN^2}=k_{B}ln(\frac{V}{N})-k_{B}[/tex]
second therm
[tex](\frac{\partial S}{\partial N})= \frac{3}{2} Nk_{B}ln(\frac{mU}{3\pi\hbar^2N})=\frac{3}{2}k_{B}ln(\frac{mU}{3\pi\hbar^2N})+\frac{3}{2}Nk_{B}\frac{3\pi\hbar^2N}{mU}\frac{-mU}{3\pi\hbar^2N^2}=\frac{3}{2}k_{B}ln(\frac{mU}{3\pi\hbar^2N})-\frac{3}{2}k_{B}[/tex]
the last term
[tex](\frac{\partial S}{\partial N})= \frac{5}{2}Nk_{B}=\frac{5}{2}k_{B}[/tex]
could someone show me where I made mistake?
I found the mistake. I forgot the inner function derivative
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