Telemachus
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Hi there. I have a silly doubt about the entropy of mixing for ideal gases
The entropy of mixing is this (Eq. [1]):
S_{mix}=\sum_j N_j s_{j0}+\left (\sum_j N_j c_j \right) R \ln{\frac{T}{T_0}}+\sum_j N_j R \ln {\frac{V}{N_jv_0}}
Now I don't know what identity the book uses to rewrite this on this form (Eq. [2]):
S_{mix}=\sum_j N_j s_{j0}+\left (\sum_j N_j c_j \right) R \ln{\frac{T}{T_0}}+ N R \ln {\frac{V}{Nv_0}} - \sum_j N_j R \ln {\frac{N_j}{N}}
The book (Callen, page 69) also mentions the Gibbs's theorem: "The entropy of a mixture of ideal gases is the sum of the entropies that each gas would have if it alone were to occupy the volume V ate temperature T."
"The last term in equation [2] is known as the "entropy of mixing". It represents the difference in entropies between that of a mixture of gases and that of a collection of separate gases each at the same temperature and the same density as the original mixture Nj/Vj=N/V, (and hence at the same pressure as the original mixture)".
I mention the last, because I thought that perhaps it was using the equality Nj/Vj=N/V as the identity.
I thought that perhaps he was using that Nj/Vj=N/V→Nj/N=Vj/V
Then replacing, subtracting the first term in the sum, and using properties of logarithms perhaps I could get the equality, but I don't think that's the case. Anyway, this is what I mean:
\sum_j N_j R \ln {\frac{V}{N_jv_0}}=N R \ln {\frac{V}{Nv_0}} - \sum_j N_j R \ln {\frac{N_jv_0}{V}}
Then using Nj/N=Vj/V
\sum_j N_j R \ln {\frac{V}{N_jv_0}}=N R \ln {\frac{V}{Nv_0}}-\sum_j N_j R \ln {\frac{N_j}{N}}
I don't think this is the case because of many reasons. In the first place, there is no v0 in the term corresponding to the entropy of mixing. It doesn't specify in the sum for the entropy of mixing that it must exclude the term that I assumed as subtracted from the sum neither. And the identity I'm using is mentioned by callen only to illustrate and distinguishes between the two different situations that correspond to Gibbs's theorem. And the case in which the identity is mentioned is not the case in concern, as in the mixing actually I don't think all gases would have the same density, because they have different mole numbers, and I think it's not necessary to have them in the same proportion in a mixing. And a term is missing even assuming the identity is valid, there should be a product inside the logarithm of mixing, and the fraction should be NjNj/N (and actually now that I wrote all this I see that I confused vj with v0. So only if v=v0 it would be valid, but the equality isn't taken in account in the positive logarithm involving the volume.
Any help will be appreciated.
Bye there.
The entropy of mixing is this (Eq. [1]):
S_{mix}=\sum_j N_j s_{j0}+\left (\sum_j N_j c_j \right) R \ln{\frac{T}{T_0}}+\sum_j N_j R \ln {\frac{V}{N_jv_0}}
Now I don't know what identity the book uses to rewrite this on this form (Eq. [2]):
S_{mix}=\sum_j N_j s_{j0}+\left (\sum_j N_j c_j \right) R \ln{\frac{T}{T_0}}+ N R \ln {\frac{V}{Nv_0}} - \sum_j N_j R \ln {\frac{N_j}{N}}
The book (Callen, page 69) also mentions the Gibbs's theorem: "The entropy of a mixture of ideal gases is the sum of the entropies that each gas would have if it alone were to occupy the volume V ate temperature T."
"The last term in equation [2] is known as the "entropy of mixing". It represents the difference in entropies between that of a mixture of gases and that of a collection of separate gases each at the same temperature and the same density as the original mixture Nj/Vj=N/V, (and hence at the same pressure as the original mixture)".
I mention the last, because I thought that perhaps it was using the equality Nj/Vj=N/V as the identity.
I thought that perhaps he was using that Nj/Vj=N/V→Nj/N=Vj/V
Then replacing, subtracting the first term in the sum, and using properties of logarithms perhaps I could get the equality, but I don't think that's the case. Anyway, this is what I mean:
\sum_j N_j R \ln {\frac{V}{N_jv_0}}=N R \ln {\frac{V}{Nv_0}} - \sum_j N_j R \ln {\frac{N_jv_0}{V}}
Then using Nj/N=Vj/V
\sum_j N_j R \ln {\frac{V}{N_jv_0}}=N R \ln {\frac{V}{Nv_0}}-\sum_j N_j R \ln {\frac{N_j}{N}}
I don't think this is the case because of many reasons. In the first place, there is no v0 in the term corresponding to the entropy of mixing. It doesn't specify in the sum for the entropy of mixing that it must exclude the term that I assumed as subtracted from the sum neither. And the identity I'm using is mentioned by callen only to illustrate and distinguishes between the two different situations that correspond to Gibbs's theorem. And the case in which the identity is mentioned is not the case in concern, as in the mixing actually I don't think all gases would have the same density, because they have different mole numbers, and I think it's not necessary to have them in the same proportion in a mixing. And a term is missing even assuming the identity is valid, there should be a product inside the logarithm of mixing, and the fraction should be NjNj/N (and actually now that I wrote all this I see that I confused vj with v0. So only if v=v0 it would be valid, but the equality isn't taken in account in the positive logarithm involving the volume.
Any help will be appreciated.
Bye there.
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