How Do You Derive Pressure from the Grand Partition Function?

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Can someone take a look at picture and show me how to derive the pressure from the grand partition function ?
 

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Grand potential ##\Phi_G = -PV##
Grand potential ##Z = e^{-\beta \Phi_G}##

Thus, ##PV = kT ln Z##
 
Unscietific,

I can't use the fact that the grand potential equals -PV because my goal is to prove that the grand potential in terms of the partition function is equivalent to (-PV).

I know that those sums on the left side must equal (PV/KT) but I don't know the details of how to show it.
 
Rawrzz said:
Unscietific,

I can't use the fact that the grand potential equals -PV because my goal is to prove that the grand potential in terms of the partition function is equivalent to (-PV).

I know that those sums on the left side must equal (PV/KT) but I don't know the details of how to show it.

The grand partition function is sum of all states ##Z_G = \sum_i e^{\beta(\mu N_i - E_i)}## and Probability is i-th state over all possible states: ##P_i = \frac{e^{\beta(\mu N_i - E_i)}}{Z_G}##.
S = -k\sum_i P_i ln P_i = \frac{U - \mu N + kT ln (Z_G)}{T}
Rearranging,
-kT ln (Z_G) = \Phi_G = U - TS - \mu N = F - \mu N

Now we must find ##F## and ##\mu##.

Starting with partition function of an ideal gas: ##Z_N = \frac{1}{N!}(\frac{V}{\lambda_{th}^3})^N##, what is ##F##?

Using the below relation, how do you find ##\mu##?

dF = -pdV - SdT + \mu dN
Putting these together, can you find ##\Phi_G##?
 
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