Question w/ chemical potential, equivalence to Energy or Potential?

[klawlor419]

I have a quick question, is the chemical potential $$\mu=\partial F /\partial N$$ where F is the free energy physically equivalent to a potential or energy?

For example, in electrostatics, $$V=U/q$$

Does $$\mu_{ext}= U \text{ or } V$$

Also, same thing could be asked about gravity, $$V_g=U_{g}/m$$

Does $$\mu_{ext}= U_g \text{ or } V_g$$

Thanks ahead of time.

 

[Andrew Mason]

I have a quick question, is the chemical potential $$\mu=\partial F /\partial N$$ where F is the free energy physically equivalent to a potential or energy?

For example, in electrostatics, $$V=U/q$$

Does $$\mu_{ext}= U \text{ or } V$$

Also, same thing could be asked about gravity, $$V_g=U_{g}/m$$

Does $$\mu_{ext}= U_g \text{ or } V_g$$

Thanks ahead of time.

Chemical energy is the electrical potential energy of a particular molecular structure (of the reactants) relative to another molecular structure (of the products). It is just that it is too complicated to express in terms of Coulomb's law.

AM

 

[klawlor419]

I am talking about the amount of Free energy or just plain old energy required to add or remove particles from a system. That amount of energy per particle is defined as the chemical potential. I understand that there is to some degree a Coulomb attraction present in all matter.. and that for a fluid or gas of ~10^23 atoms it is impractical to write out the electric potential for the system.

Just worried about the basic definition of the chemical potential $$\mu$$