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Homework Statement
By considering small changes in enthalpy,
and using the central equation, derive the Maxwell relation
\left (\frac{\partial S}{\partial V} \right )_{T}= \left (\frac{\partial p}{\partial T} \right )_{V}
Homework Equations
H=U+pV
dU=TdS-pdV
The Attempt at a Solution
So the way I attempted this was to get an expression for dH,
dH=dU+pdV+Vdp
dH=TdS+Vdp
Honestly I don't know the reason that pV splits up into pdV and Vdp but just know that it does that so I'd appreciate it if someone could input on that?
Then I used the fact that,
dH=\left ( \frac{\partial H}{\partial S} \right )_{p}dS+\left ( \frac{\partial H}{\partial p} \right )_{S}dp
and that
\frac{\partial^{2} H}{\partial S\partial p}=\frac{\partial^{2} H}{\partial p\partial S}
This basically yields me with the relation,
\left (\frac{\partial T}{\partial p} \right )_{S}= \left (\frac{\partial V}{\partial S} \right )_{p}
So I know this is a correct relation, however it isn't the relation that the question requires. I'm not really sure where to go from here, is there a way to rearrange the equation I ended up with? Or was this a Red Herring and I should have gone about it a different way?
Thank you for your time. I really appreciate it!