Chemical and Metallurgical Thermodynamics

CHEMICAL
AND METALWRGlCAL
THERMODYNAMICS
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Preface
My first interaction with the science of thermodynamics was not a pleasant one. And I have
reasons to presume that for most science students the experience is similar. Soon after, I started patting
myself on my back since I felt that I could understand the subject better than my classmates, and with
a little help from my teachers I should be able to master the subject. But I found my teachers also
woefully lacking in clarity of concepts. Thereafter, my enthusiasm for Physical Chemistry and
Thermodynamics remained subsided until I became a student of metallurgy. The practical applicability
of thermodynamics in metallurgical processes, and the clarity of concepts taught to us by Prof. K.P.
Abraham, rekindled my interest so much so that, at that time I decided to make it my career. My Ph.D
work was related to thermodynamic properties and I undertook teaching Metallurgical Thermodynamics,
first at the Banaras Hindu University, and thereafter at Jamshedpur Technical Institute.
After joining steel industry, I became somewhat lethargic in my academic pursuits. Yet it was
always in the back of my mind that some means should be devised so that a student of science should
not find his/her first interaction with Thermodynamics an unpleasant one. I had conceived of a book,
which could present Thermodynamics in a concise but simple way. The present book is an attempt in
that direction.
But my experience has been that in trying to make it concise we do not necessarily make it simple.
In the concise or precise form, it looks too mathematical to be easily understood. Thus, this attempt
has been somewhat of a compromise.
This compromise has resulted in the addition of two introductory chapters covering the historical
perspective and the aspect of feasibility. The book in exact sense starts from chapter 3. Since for
understanding the introductory chapters 1 and 2, some prior knowledge of Chemical and Metallurgical
Thermodynamics is needed, a beginner should skip these two chapters during the first reading.
Chapters 3 to 7 comprise the basic treatment of Classical Thermodynamics- a term explained at
the end of chapter 3. Chapters 8 to 10 are, in a way, appendices to classical thermodynamics. But,
since lines of demarcation with other forms of thermodynamics have become thin, we have not named
them as appendices.
The beauty of thermodynamics is (here I am not alone) its universality at macro level. They say
that all laws may change but laws of Thermodynamics would never change. The other important
aspect of Thermodynamics is that it is based on very common observations and thus it is based on very
simple truths. But after all the Theory of Relativity is also based on two very simple facts!!!
KKP
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= Degree of Reduction
= C
p
/C
v
for gases, also see below
= Activity coefficient (in the context of solution thermodynamics)
= Efficiency
= Partial differential
, = Change in property
= Energy level of an ensemble (in the context of statistical thermodynamics)
= Interaction coefficient
= Temperature
A= Work function, Helmholtz Free Energy
C = Degrees Centigrade (temperature)
C
p
= Heat Capacity at constant pressure
C
v
= Heat Capacity at constant volume
d = Differential
e = Henrian interaction coefficient, also see below
e = Natural exponential number/Eulers number, approx. value 2.71828
EMF = Electromotive Force
E = Internal Energy, also see below
E = EMF, or Electromotive Force, or Cell Potential (In the context of galvanic cells); also see
below
E= Activation Energy (In the context of reaction kinetics)
f = Fugacity, also see below
f = Henrian activity coefficient
F = Free Energy, Gibbs Free Energy
F
a
= Farady Constant
g = Gas
H = Enthalpy, Heat Content
Symbols, Abbreviations and Notes
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k ::= Boltzmann's Constant (In the context of Statistical Thermodynamics)
OK"" Kelvin (Absolute temperature in Centigrade scale)
/ = Liquid
n "" Number of Moles etc.); also see below
n = Number of molecules, atoms. sites or micro-states
nAt nil' etc. "" Number of moles of constituent 'A'. 'B', etc.
N "" Mole (or Atom) Fraction
N
Q
:: Avogadro's Number
N
A
, N
B
etc. "" Mole Faction of constituent 'A', 'B', etc.
P = Pressure
Q, q :: Heat (Transferred - either into or out of the system)
R "" Gas Constant
oR = Degrees Rankine (Absolute temperature in Fahrenheit scale)
s "" Solid
S = Entropy
Sec. = Section
T "" Temperature (Absolute)
U = Energy (in general sense)
V = Volume
W = Work Done; also see below
W = Number of Microstates (In the context of Statistical Thermodynamics)
Notes:
);. For arithmetic *(Star) has been used to denote multiplication to avoid confusion with
alphabet x. Also I (slash) has been used to denote division to avoid increasing line space.
);. Italics in text generally denote the reference in the Bibliography section.
);. CGS units have been used in the text and not SI units, as is the current trend. One important
conversion factor, which is required for linking 51 and CGS systems is that, one calorie equals
4.186 joules.
List of Figures
Fig. 4.1 Illustration of a reversible process .................................................................. 18
Fig. 5.1 Two reversible engines working in conjunction................................................ 28
Fig. 5.2 Carnots Cycle ............................................................................................. 30
Fig. 6.1 Operation of any cyclic reversible engine has, as its constituents, a
large number of Carnots Cycle ..................................................................... 35
Fig. 6.2 An ideal gas system assisting in simulating a real process in a reversible manner . 37
Fig. 6.3 Another example of simulating a real process .................................................. 39
Fig. 6.4 Ellingham Diagram for a few oxides ............................................................... 40
Fig. 6.5 Graphical computation of entropy .................................................................. 43
Fig. 6.6 Carnots Cycle with water vapour system....................................................... 44
Fig. 7.1 Graphical computation of partial molar volume in a 2-component system........... 48
Fig. 7.2 Example of negative deviation from ideality ..................................................... 49
Fig. 7.3 Example of positive deviation from ideality ...................................................... 49
Fig. 8.1 Submarine type Solution Calorimeter .............................................................. 59
Fig. 8.2 The integration method of Rossini for applying correction in the temperature
change of the calorimeter .............................................................................. 60
Fig. 8.3 Solid Electrolyte Galvanic Cell Assembly ......................................................... 63
Fig. 8.4 Activities of FeO in the system FeO-MnO....................................................... 64
Fig. 8.5 Activities of CaO in the system CaO-CdO....................................................... 70
Fig. 8.6 Plot for graphical estimation of log
10
MnO
........................................................................... 70
Fig. 8.7 Estimation of activities of MnO in the system FeO-MnO .................................. 71
Fig. 9.1 Energy level distribution chart of an ideal gas .................................................. 75
Fig. 10.1 Schematic diagram showing Activation Energy Barrier and the effect
of a catalyst ................................................................................................. 83
Fig. 10.2 Typical plots of degree of reduction with time at different temperatures ............. 84
Fig. 10.3 Plot of log(1 a) with time ......................................................................... 84
Fig. 10.4 Plot of log of velocity constant against reciprocal of absolute temperature.......... 85
Fig. 10.5 Reduced time plots for different orders of reaction .......................................... 85
Fig. 10.6 A possible mechanism of pore formation during reduction of iron oxide ............. 87
List of Tables
Table 8.1 Heats of solution of CaO, CrO
3
and CaCrO
4
in 6N HCl at 27C ...................... 61
Table 8.2 Free energy values calculated from EMF measurements for the
system CaO V
2
O
5
................................................................................................................ 65
Table 8.3 Free energy values calculated from EMF measurement of the cell involving
CaCrO
4
....................................................................................................................................... 66
Table 8.4 Measured values of activities of CaO and heats of mixing in CaO CdO
solid solutions ....................................................................................... 66-67
Definitions of selected terms ....................................................................... 89
Contents
Preface ......................................................................................................... (v)
Symbols, Abbreviations and Notes ........................................................................ (vii)
List of Figures ..................................................................................................... (ix)
List of Tables ........................................................................................................ (x)
1. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THERMODYNAMICS ................................. 1
2. THERMODYNAMICS AND FEASIBILITY ...................................................... 3
2.1. What Makes a Reaction Feasible? ........................................................... 3
2.2. Heat and Work are they Synonymous? What does Thermodynamics Say? 3
2.3. Heat Engines ........................................................................................ 4
2.4. Entropy ............................................................................................... 4
2.5. Linkage between Heat Engines and Chemical Reactions ............................. 5
2.6. Entropy and Disorder ............................................................................ 5
2.7. Free Energy the Measure of Feasibility ................................................. 7
2.8. Terms used in Thermodynamics ............................................................. 7
2.9. Balance of Nature is it Really Orderly? .................................................. 8
2.10. Entropy and the Big Bang....................................................................... 8
2.11. Thermodynamics, Billiards Table and Common Sense ............................... 8
3. BASIC CONCEPTS .......................................................................................... 9
3.1. What is thermodynamics?...................................................................... 9
3.2. What is a system? .............................................................................. 9
3.3. State and Thermodynamic Properties .................................................... 10
3.4. Thermodynamic Equilibrium ................................................................ 12
3.5. Work Different Forms ...................................................................... 12
3.6. Branches of Thermodynamics .............................................................. 13
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4. ZEROETH LAW, FIRST LAW AND THERMOCHEMISTRY .......................... 14
4.1. Concept of Temperature ...................................................................... 14
4.2. Phase Rule ......................................................................................... 15
4.3. Heat .................................................................................................. 15
4.4. The First Law of Thermodynamics ...................................................... 16
4.5. Applications of the First law Thermochemistry ................................. 20
5. SECOND LAW............................................................................................... 27
5.1. The Second Law Different Statements ............................................... 27
5.2. Carnots Cycle ................................................................................... 30
5.3. Entropy ............................................................................................. 32
6. ENTROPY, THIRD LAW AND FEASIBILITY ................................................ 34
6.1. Entropy ............................................................................................. 34
6.2. Significance of Entropy ....................................................................... 34
6.3. Thermodynamic Temperature Scale ...................................................... 35
6.4. Non-cyclic Process ............................................................................ 36
6.5. Real Process ...................................................................................... 36
6.6. Entropy Change in Real Process ........................................................... 37
6.7. Process Feasibility .............................................................................. 38
6.8. Free Energy ....................................................................................... 39
6.9. Ellingham Diagram.............................................................................. 40
6.10. Third Law.......................................................................................... 42
6.11. Examples of Alternate Heat Engines ...................................................... 43
7. SOLUTION THERMODYNAMICS ................................................................. 45
7.1. Chemical Potential, Fugacity and Activity .............................................. 45
7.2. Raoults and Henrys Laws .................................................................. 50
7.3. Equilibrium Constant ........................................................................... 53
7.4. Entropy Change during Ideal Mixing of Gases ....................................... 55
8. MEASUREMENT OF THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES ............................... 57
8.1. Calorimetry ........................................................................................ 57
8.2. Activity Measurements ........................................................................ 61
9. STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS AN INTRODUCTION...................... 73
9.1. Bernoullis Interpretation...................................................................... 73
9.2. Interpretation of Entropy ..................................................................... 74
9.3. Thermodynamic Probability ................................................................. 76
9.4. Ideal Mixing of Gases ......................................................................... 77
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10. REACTION KINETICS ................................................................................. 79
10.1. Factors Affecting Reaction Rates ......................................................... 79
10.2. Rate Law and Order of Reaction .......................................................... 80
10.3. Birth of the Rate Law or Law of Mass Action........................................ 81
10.4. Unimolecular Reaction and First Order Reaction .................................... 81
10.5. Decomposition of an Oxide .................................................................. 82
10.6. Temperature Dependence of Velocity Constant: ...................................... 82
10.7. Experimental Determination of Activation Energy................................... 83
10.8. Variation of Reaction Rate with Temperature.......................................... 86
10.9. Role of Diffusion ................................................................................ 86
10.10. How Sponge Iron Making is a First Order Reaction? .............................. 87
DEFINITIONS OF SELECTED TERMS .......................................................... 89
EPILOGUE .................................................................................................... 90
BIBLIOGRAPHY .......................................................................................... 91
SUBJECT AND KEYWORD INDEX ............................................................... 95
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Historical Perspective of Thermodynamics
A study of historical perspective of thermodynamics is helpful in understanding the
underlying concepts better. But understanding history requires some knowledge regarding
the laws of thermodynamics. A beginner is therefore advised to skip this section during first
reading.
Inter-convertibility of energy and the concept of temperature are used in many other
aspects of science. Hence, postulations of the Zeroeth and the First laws of Thermodynamics
do not signal the start of the science of thermodynamics. We can say that the birth of
thermodynamics was signalled in the year 1824 when Carnot (Magie 1899), who was
investigating steam engine, with a view to increase its efficiency, stated his principle (theorem)
from which the second law of thermodynamics evolved. He said that the motive (work)
power of heat depends solely on the temperatures of the bodies between which the transfer
of heat occurs. Thomson (1882) spent many years trying to reconcile this statement with the
Mechanical Equivalent of Heat postulated by Joule (1884) and, probably assisted by the
publication of Clausius (Magie 1899), concluded that the two phenomena are not contradictory
but are two different laws. After the clarifications of Clausius and Thomson, clarity could be
found in the science of thermodynamics from about 1850 onwards.
Clausius himself, later on, introduced the concept of entropy. Studies on entropy led to
the evolution of the Third Law of Thermodynamics in 1906 by Nernst (1907). This was
many times debated and revised till 1912, when Plank (1927) went back to practically the
same statement as that of Nernst.
With this, the development of Classical Thermodynamics was complete. Or was it? In as
late as the middle of twentieth century it was argued and agreed that the principle of
unattainability of the absolute zero is synonymous with the third law statement of entropy
i.e., entropy of a crystalline substance is zero at absolute zero temperature.
We have used the term Classical Thermodynamics a science which has evolved out
of the study of heat and its capacity to do work. This was the thermodynamics applied to heat
engines a physical system. But the concepts were found to apply to chemical systems
(Chemical Thermodynamics) as well as high temperature chemical reactions involving metals,
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its oxides and other compounds (Metallurgical Thermodynamics). The evolution of concepts
of Entropy and Free Energy, which determined Randomness and Feasibility respectively,
led to its application in fine-tuning the already existing processes (e.g., synthesis of ammonia
from nitrogen and hydrogen, sponge iron making in rotary kiln, etc.) and in the development
of newer processes.
The concept of entropy and its dependence on randomness, led to the interpretation of
thermodynamic properties in terms of atomic or molecular arrangements. Earlier also, there
were attempts to correlate, rather logically, the temperature with molecular motion. But till the
evolution of entropy concept, thermodynamics studied properties of system at macro-level
only. The latter interpretations with atomic and molecular arrangements came to be discussed
under Statistical Thermodynamics.
The thermodynamic driving force of a reaction the free energy change and the
equilibrium constant was latter used extensively in study of kinetics of reaction, since most
of the process developers wanted to know under what conditions a reaction can be driven
faster at as low a temperature as possible. Higher temperatures not only demanded extra
energy, but caused problems which could be reduced or even eliminated, at lower temperatures.
Estimation of such driving force in complex systems required very large number of calculations,
something that was made possible with the advent of high-capacity computers. A new branch
of Computational Thermodynamics is now evolving.
2.1. WHAT MAKES A REACTION FEASIBLE?
Scientists, starting with alchemists, have since long been pondering over the reasons for
what makes a particular chemical reaction feasible or possible. We have used the word feasible
here, which means capable of being done, accomplished or carried out. We know through
commonsense that a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen gases at room temperature or below
would not react but a reaction between them is very much feasible. Only the rate of reaction
is too small to be measurable. Please do not try to prepare such a mixture. It could have a
disastrous result (see Sec. 4.5.7).
Scientists sensed that since most of the reactions occurred with liberation of heat, and
intensity of reaction often matched the intensity of heat liberated, the extent of heat liberation
had some relationship with the driving force behind the reaction. Further, it was noticed that,
for high intensities of reaction, it was more difficult to revert to the reactants. The obvious
conclusion, that the extent of heat liberation was a measure of the feasibility of reaction,
could easily be disproved, but there was a definite linkage between the two as subsequent
developments proved.
2.2. HEAT AND WORK ARE THEY SYNONYMOUS? WHAT DOES
THERMODYNAMICS SAY?
Parallely, the science of thermodynamics developed, which was based on the observations
on the properties of heat as distinct from other forms of energy. The science of thermodynamics
deals with transformation of other forms of energy to heat, and from heat to other forms. The
term dynamics in thermodynamics refers to transformation rather than transfer. The science
of heat transfer is covered under the science of Thermophysics.
It was easily seen that friction generates heat and it was a case of mechanical work being
converted into heat. Heat was indestructible but could easily be transformed to and from
other forms of energy (First law of Thermodynamics Sec. 4.4). It could also be seen that a
lighted candle could boil water in a test tube in matter of minutes but could not do so even in
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hours for a bucketful of water even though a lot more (quantity of) heat was supplied to the
bucket.
Obviously, there is a level of heat (temperature) much like the level of water. Thus, just
as in interconnected containers water would settle at the same level, similarly if two bodies
are in thermal equilibrium with a third body they would be in thermal equilibrium with each
other (Zeroeth Law of thermodynamics Sec. 4.1.1). The importance of this Zeroeth Law
was realised well after the development of science of thermodynamics even though the concept
was used throughout without formally recognising it. This Zeroeth Law of thermodynamics
emphasises the fluid nature of heat a property also exhibited by most of the other forms of
energy (e.g., Electrical Potential in a conductor).
2.3. HEAT ENGINES
Scientists also noticed that when they tried to convert heat into work, the matter was not
as simple as converting work into heat. A machine, which would take heat and convert into
work (a heat engine), would necessarily have to discard some (lower quality) heat (Second
Law of Thermodynamics Sec. 5.1). In other words, difference between heat and work (and
other forms of energy) was emphasised by this law.
2.4. ENTROPY
Even if the heat engine operates in theoretically the most efficient manner, the efficiency
of conversion is always considerably less than unity. The extent of conversion is different for
different conditions of operation of heat engine. It was noted that with slower rates of operation
of the heat engine, the efficiency of conversion of heat into work increased, tending to a
maximum when the conversion is carried out at infinitesimally slow speed something that is
not realisable in real processes. Under such a condition, the efficiency of conversion of heat
into work depended only on the temperatures of heat source and heat sink (where the lower
quality heat is discarded). Thermodynamists termed such an operation as a Reversible
Operation (see Sec. 4.4.5) where equilibrium conditions are always maintained. This
thermodynamically reversible process should not be confused with the reversible changes,
either physical (e.g., water changing into ice and back) or chemical (e.g., mercury oxidising
into mercuric oxide and back into mercury on heating).
Even though thermodynamically reversible processes cannot be real processes, they
have an important significance as they indicate a limit to which real processes may attempt to
reach. We may say that thermodynamically reversible processes replicate the real processes
in an ideal mode.
What happens when such real processes are carried out in an ideal mode? Let us imagine
that a reversible heat engine is operating between two temperatures T
1
and T
2
, i.e., the heat
source is at T
1
and the heat sink is at T
2
. In a complete cycle of operation the system of heat
engine returns to its original temperature (or original state) after taking, say Q
1
quantity of
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heat from the source at T
1
, discarding Q
2
quantity of heat to the sink at T
2
and carrying out
work W on the surroundings, which is algebraically equal to Q
1
Q
2
. But if the cycle is not
complete, most of the attributes of the closed system of heat engine change, even though
equilibrium conditions were maintained throughout.
Is there anything, which remains constant during such an operation i.e., when cycle is
not completed and the system has not returned to its original state? Yes, it is the Entropy
(see Sec. 6.4), which remains constant if the process is carried out in fully-equilibrated condition.
For any other condition (i.e., for real processes), the Entropy of system and surroundings
taken together always increases.
The property defined by the term Entropy was originally coined to explain the
difference in properties of heat and other types of energy. Later it was realised that there is a
linkage between entropy and the extent of disorder. An increase in the entropy of a system is
associated with an increase in disorder.
What was applicable to a heat engine was then successfully adopted for chemical reactions.
2.5. LINKAGE BETWEEN HEAT ENGINES & CHEMICAL REACTIONS
The source of heat in a typical heat engine, such as the Internal or the External Combustion
Engine, is the heat evolved by a chemical reaction (burning of a fuel). The chemical heat,
when utilised in a heat engine, is partly used in doing work while the balance is discarded to
the surroundings. The efficiency of conversion of heat into work may remain limited, but if
the engine operates at near equilibrated conditions, the entropy increase can be kept to a
minimum. The more the heat engine operates away from the equilibrium conditions the
efficiency of conversion decreases and the entropy keeps on increasing. When the heat engine
is not operating or is not present, the entire chemical heat would be dissipated in the
surroundings and the entropy increase would be even higher.
The concept of Entropy was found to remain valid irrespective of the path the heat took
to flow from source to sink, i.e., either through the heat engine or directly from chemical
reaction into the atmosphere. Thus, for any real process occurring in real system, there is a net
increase in the entropy of system and surroundings taken together.
2.6. ENTROPY AND DISORDER
2.6.1. Inflating a Hydrogen Baloon
It is not very difficult to visualise a thermodynamically reversible process. Suppose we
want to inflate a balloon, which we want later to climb up into atmosphere. We connect the
balloon to a cylinder containing compressed hydrogen gas. And we allow the gas to pass very
slowly from the cylinder to the balloon. The slower this is done, the closer is the inflation
process to a thermodynamically reversible process.
Now let us assume that after some time obviously in infinite time for a reversible
process the balloon is in fully-inflated state and is being ever so slowly being inflated
further. How quiet and orderly this process is! Suddenly disaster strikes. Some mischief
monger pricks the balloon with a pin or the balloon otherwise gives way. The changes are
spontaneous far removed from the concept of thermodynamic reversibility.
There is a loud noise. Bits and pieces of balloon get scattered all around. The hydrogen
gas inside the balloon, which was clearly separated from the air around, gets mixed with air.
There probably was a sudden drop in temperature of hydrogen molecules as the pressure on
it was released. All this presents a totally chaotic and disorderly picture. No wonder that
scientists have associated increased entropy with increased disorder.
2.6.2. Localised Ordering Dropping Supercooled Ice into Water
As all natural processes are spontaneous processes all far away from reversible process
entropy of the universe is always increasing. There may be localised ordering process
taking place, frequently resulting in local decrease in entropy, but this is always accompanied
by a larger increase in entropy elsewhere.
If a piece of super-cooled ice (much below 0 C) is allowed to fall into water, the layer of
water first coming into contact with the ice-piece would freeze and pass into a more orderly
state than water. The entropy for this layer has decreased. But this has also caused increase in
temperature of the rest of the ice increased vibration of its molecules and a larger increase
in entropy there.
2.6.3. Boiling of Water, Earthquakes
There could be many more examples of spontaneous process leading to increased disorder.
When water boils to give steam, the water molecules pass from a condensed (liquid) phase to
a more disorderly gaseous phase. When molten magma below the earths crust builds up
pressure, which the crust cannot sustain, earthquake occurs bringing chaos in the vicinity.
2.6.4. The Ageing Process and Disorder
The human body consists of cells built up of chains and networks of different types of
protein and lipid molecules. For younger persons, these chains and networks are very perfect
and orderly but as he grows old (although slowly but spontaneously, i.e., irreversibly) the
structure develops defects or disorders signifying an increase in entropy. This particular
example needs to be accepted only figuratively as it is difficult to derive a mathematical
correlation.
2.6.5. Burning of Fuels
And finally all the energy intensive modern industries are liberating a large quantity of
carbon dioxide into atmosphere leading to global warming. A huge quantity of carbon, which
was in condensed phase earlier, has now joined the much more disorderly gaseous phase and
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has increased the average carbon dioxide level in the air we breathe from 0.0025% to 0.004%
over the last one hundred years. Surely, we are headed for much greater disorder and much
greater entropy in future.
2.7. FREE ENERGY THE MEASURE OF FEASIBILITY
There was, however, a problem in using entropy change as a measure of feasibility. The
entropy changes of system and surroundings had to be computed separately and added. To
circumvent the problem, a new function or property was coined called the Free Energy
(and its variants, Gibbs Free Energy and Helmholtz Free Energy also called the Work
Function). For the common isothermal reaction, Free Energy of a system is the sum of the
entropies of the system and surroundings multiplied by the absolute temperature (with a
negative sign). Thus, Free Energy is another way of expressing Entropy.
The search for the measure of feasibility of reactions ended here with the realisation that
the heat liberated goes towards increasing the entropy of the surroundings. The liberated heat
has an important role to play in this after all.
2.8. TERMS USED IN THERMODYNAMICS
The science of thermodynamics has evolved from the mathematical treatment of common
observations related to heat and work. The terms thus evolved have primarily mathematical
definition and to find physical significance have been a somewhat tortuous process. We have
seen that Entropy, which is the mathematical ratio of energy per unit absolute temperature,
has been found to represent the extent of disorder.
If an object is raised to a higher level, it gains in potential energy. If it is allowed to drop,
the potential energy gets quickly converted to kinetic energy until it impacts the hard ground.
Immediately after impact all the potential and kinetic energy is lost. Where has all this energy
gone? Some is converted into sound, some light (spark), some heat and some ground vibrations.
Finally all that energy gets converted into heat or the Internal Energy of the affected molecules.
Thus, Internal Energy is related to the state of the molecules or atoms all the energy
contained within them including kinetic energy (vibrations in case of solids and velocity of
movements in case of fluids). For real processes processes realised in practice most of the
changes take place at atmospheric or nearly constant pressure. At constant pressure conditions,
it is the Enthalpy or Heat Content which is more relevant. It is the sum total of the Internal
Energy and the work it has already performed on the surroundings.
The term Free Energy was probably coined originally to signify a part of the energy,
which can be easily released. If substantial Free Energy is available which can easily leave
the system, the transformation is easily feasible. If no such Free Energy were available (is
zero), the system would not materially change (i.e., it is in thermodynamic equilibrium).
In contrast Entropy represents the quantity of bound energy in the system per unit
absolute temperature. This bound energy is not normally available for reactions. And Free
Energy is obtained by deducting this Bound Energy, T*S from the Total Energy which is
represented by Enthalpy or Heat Content, H.
2.9. BALANCE OF NATURE IS IT REALLY ORDERLY?
We see rivers flowing continuously into the sea. We know that with the aid of the sun,
seawater evaporates and joins the clouds. Clouds, with the aid of winds (generated largely by
differential heating by sun) reach mountain peaks and build up further the ice caps already
present. In another stage, sun helps to melt the ice caps, which maintain the flow of water in
perennial rivers. The situation appears so well balanced; so much in equilibrium; so orderly.
Is it really so?
The balance indicated above, as also the balance of life, balance of nature are all
maintained through the receipt of energy from the sun. Most of that energy received is dissipated
to other parts of the universe adding to the disorder or the free energy there.
2.10. ENTROPY AND THE BIG BANG
We are destined to be in a world where disorder or Entropy has to be increased every
moment. Free Energy has to be dissipated out continuously to areas, which can absorb it. The
Universe was apparently formed by a Big Bang. The fact that the distant stars and the
constellations continuously move away from each other, as also from our world, gives further
weight to the thermodynamic principle that the disorder (Entropy) in the universe is constantly
increasing.
2.11. THERMODYNAMICS, BILLIARDS TABLE AND COMMON SENSE
Feasibility predictions on the basis of thermodynamic properties can be illustrated by
the example of an inclined billiards table with a large number of balls on it. We assume that
the balls can move with very minimum friction and very small loss of momentum on impact.
Let us also assume that the balls at zero time are in motion uniformly all over the table. By
laws of mechanics, it is possible to predict the position of the balls after lapse of different
amounts of time. But by common-sense, we know that, after we allow substantial time, the
balls will tend to concentrate on the lower area of the inclined table. Predictions of feasibility
by thermodynamic laws are of the latter type. And why not, since Thermodynamics is based
on common-sense.
3.1. WHAT IS THERMODYNAMICS?
In simple terms, Thermodynamics deals with transformation of heat into other forms of
energy and vice versa. But it has been defined variously as follows:
Thermodynamics is a science dealing with changes in energies of systems and
transformations of energy within a system.
Thermodynamics is a science that deals with heat and work and those properties of
substances that bear a relation to heat and work (Wylen 1959 & Rock 1969).
Thermodynamics concerns itself with the study of energy and the transformations
of that energy (Morrill 1972).
Thermodynamics deals with the conversion of thermal energy into work.
Historically, this branch of science arises from the study of heat. The basis of thermo-
dynamics is observation, both experimental and common. Such studies and observations
have been made on Systems and Surroundings, which are common concepts, but need to
be more precisely defined here.
3.2. WHAT IS A SYSTEM?
A system is that part of physical world, which is under consideration.
This statement is so simple that it appears superfluous. But it needs to be stated to avoid
any ambiguity.
The rest of the physical world is called surroundings. System and surroundings together
make up the physical world, which we often refer to as the universe. System is separated from
surroundings by system boundaries. These boundaries may either be movable or fixed. For
example, gas inside an inflated balloon can be considered as a system. The inner surface of
the balloon would then be the system boundary. During inflation by blowing or through
warming (as when exposed to sun), the boundary moves.
A system may be open, closed or isolated. An open system is one, which can exchange
energy and matter with the surroundings.
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A closed system cannot exchange matter with the surroundings (exchange of energy
may take place).
An isolated system has a definite amount of energy and matter and it cannot exchange
them with the surroundings.
In the example of balloon above, as long as we keep blowing in the gas, it is an open
system and when we seal the mouth of balloon it becomes a closed system. But it is not an
isolated system since the gas inside can get heated or cooled due to the condition of its
surroundings. When we carry ice or hot tea in a thermo-flask we try to create an isolated
system.
3.2.1. Homogeneity and Heterogeneity
A homogeneous system is completely uniform throughout (Glasstone 1947).
A system is heterogeneous when it is not uniform. Non-uniformity may be of two types;
in one case the concentration of species may vary from one point to another; and in the
second case the system may consist of two or more phases, which are separated from one
another by definite bounding surfaces (three-dimensional boundaries) (Glasstone 1947).
A phase is a chemically homogeneous part of a system, separated by definite bounding
surfaces from other similar phases. Within a phase, concentration gradient i.e., variation of
concentration from point to point, may sometimes exist, but it would always tend to homogenise
itself.
3.3. STATE AND THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
The state of a system is defined by the properties the system exhibits (Glasstone 1947).
If these properties do not tend to change with time, the system is said to be in an
equilibrium state.
Here the term tend needs a bit of investigation and inferring, since it is always difficult,
and sometimes not possible to measure tendencies. They are often inferred indirectly based
on experience. Water level in the reservoir upstream of a dam tends to go down to the level
in the river downstream. This tendency we can infer by providing an imaginary passage of
flow between the two levels and estimating pressure on an imaginary membrane separating
the two waters in the passage.
At equilibrium, there is no tendency for any net transfer of matter or energy across the
boundary between phases making up a heterogeneous system. In a homogeneous system in
equilibrium, there is no tendency for a net transfer of matter or energy within the phase (Sage
1965 & Gaskell 2003). The term equilibrium takes slightly different meaning in other usage.
Therefore, for being more explicit, the term thermodynamic equilibrium is used to convey
the present meaning more emphatically.
In equilibrium state, the properties tend to be interdependent. It is possible that only a
limited number of properties will completely define an equilibrium state of a system. If these
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properties do not depend upon the path the system has taken to reach that equilibrium state,
then they are called State Properties. Mathematically, State Properties are Exact Differentials.
3.3.1. State Properties
If any thermodynamic property G of a system is a single-valued function of certain
variables x, y, z, etc., which again are the properties of the system; then G is called a state
property of that system. It means that G does not depend upon the path taken to bring the
system to that state or condition and depends only on the properties of the system in that state.
For example, the state of one mole of an ideal gas is completely defined by defining pressure
and temperature, and under these defined conditions, it as a definite specific volume. All the
three i.e., pressure, temperature and specific volume of an ideal gas are its state properties.
Mathematically such a function is called an exact differential and the following relationship
holds good
If G = f (xyz ..........)
then dG = + + + dz z G dy Y G dx x G
y x z x z y , , ,
) / ( ) / ( ) / ( .........
For example, a molar volume of an ideal gas is brought from a state (P, V, T) to a state (P
+ dP, V dV, T + dT), then whatever way the change is brought about, the following interrelation
will hold.
PV/T = ((P + dP) (V dV))/(T + dT)
Let us assume that at first, temperature is kept constant and the gas is compressed to
volume (V dV). Let the increase in pressure be dP
1
By definition,
T
V P ) / ( = dP
1
/dV
or, dP
1
= dV V P
T
) / (
Now if the temperature is increased to T + dT keeping the volume constant at V dV, the
pressure of gas will increase again. Let this increase be dP
2
.
Again by definition,
V
T P ) / ( = dP
2
/dT
or, dP
2
= dT T P
V
) / (
But according to the gas law dP
1
+ dP
2
must equal dP.
That is, dP = dP
1
+ dP
2
= dT T P dV V P
V T
) / ( ) / ( +
3.3.2. Intensive and Extensive Thermodynamic Properties
A system will have, at any instant, some definite properties. Properties, which are relevant
to the thermodynamic study of the system, are called thermodynamic properties. These can
be further classified into:
(i) Extensive properties,
(ii) Intensive properties.
Extensive property of a system is a thermodynamic property, which is dependent upon
the quantity of matter in the system (e.g., volume, energy, mass). Extensive properties are
additive. Its value for the whole system is the sum of the values of individual parts.
Intensive property is a thermodynamic property, which is independent of the mass of the
system. These properties are not additive (e.g., temperature, pressure). The value for the
whole systemis not the sum of the values for different parts.
3.4. THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM
A system is said to be in Thermodynamic Equilibrium State when its state properties
have defined values, which do not tend to change with time (Khangaonkar 1967).
It may be noted that though mass is an extensive property, density is an intensive property;
volume is an extensive property but molar volume is an intensive property. Here the term
molar means molecular weight expressed in weight terms. Thus, a gram-mole of oxygen
refers to 32 grams of oxygen. By analogy, a gram-atom of carbon refers to 12 grams of
carbon. Molar properties come in handy in treatment of ideal gases for ease of comparison.
For example, molar volumes of all ideal gases are same at a particular temperature and pressure.
3.5. WORK - DIFFERENT FORMS
We say that work is done when a body moves under the influence of a force.
When the point of application moves in the direction in which the force acts, work is
said to be done by the force (or the force has done the work).
If the point of application moves in the direction opposite to that of the force, work is
said to be done against the force (or work has been done on the force).
Work is generally denoted by the symbol W. If a system expands against the incumbent
pressure of the surroundings, the system is said to perform work on the surroundings and W
is assumed to be positive.
If the system contracts under the influence of the pressure of the surroundings then W
is assumed to be negative. We have given here examples of only mechanical work. In fact,
work can be of chemical type also. In a chemical reaction, when a molecule is broken, work
is performed to break the bond, which had been holding the atoms together in the molecule.
On the other hand, work is done by the atoms, when joining together to form new bonds and
thereby a new molecule is formed. Work can also be electrochemical when the applied electrical
potential (e.m.f.), forces the ions to break the electrovalent bond and then move them towards
a particular electrode. Work can also be electrical work, when electrons move in conductors,
overcoming its resistance and applied potential.
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3.6. BRANCHES OF THERMODYNAMICS
As stated earlier, Thermodynamics deals with the conversion of thermal energy into
work. The work may be mechanical, or of any other type.
Mechanical work manifests itself into displacement of a body under mechanical force
such as accomplished in heat engines. For example, steam locomotives perform mechanical
work. Study of such processes has lead to one particular branch of thermodynamics, which
is commonly referred to as Thermodynamics Applied to Heat Engines or Mechanical
Engineering Thermodynamics or simply Engineering Thermodynamics.
However, as mentioned earlier, heat evolution or absorption is also involved when
substances react chemically to form new molecules. In forming these new molecules, the
atoms in the old molecules have worked against the forces binding it and in the process have
used some energy available in the vicinity releasing some of it when it gets bound into the
new molecule. Chemical work is required to be performed to make these new molecules
revert back to the reactants. Science of study of energy changes in such a process is referred
to as Chemical Thermodynamics.
Science of study of a process where a chemical change generates electricity or vice
versa as in the charging of an electro-chemical cell, when the imposed electro-motive force
pushes the electrically-charged ions to a higher energy state, is referred to as Electro-chemical
Thermodynamics.
Similarly, Metallurgical Thermodynamics is that part of thermodynamics, which deals
with energy changes in reactions involving metals and their compounds. Many look upon it
as the High-Temperature Chemical Thermodynamics.
There are many common concepts between Chemical and Metallurgical Thermodynamics.
They differ in the ranges of temperature used (high temperatures in metallurgical processes
and relatively lower temperatures in chemical processes) and also in the ranges of pressure
applied (close to atmospheric and up to a few bars in metallurgical processes, while chemical
processes very often use hundreds of atmospheres of pressure).
Matters are made up of small particles such as molecules and atoms. Thermodynamic
laws have been postulated and inferred without looking into the micro-properties or micro-
states within the systems. A branch of thermodynamics has evolved, which tries to interpret
thermodynamic properties based on the properties of micro constituent of the system. This
branch is called the Statistical Thermodynamics. An offshoot is the Nuclear Thermo-
dynamics, where matter is treated as another form of energy and role of atomic and sub-
atomic particle forms are studied in determining thermodynamic properties.
In contrast, the science dealing with the basic concepts, the thermodynamic laws and
their understanding is termed as the Classical Thermodynamics.
4.1. CONCEPT OF TEMPERATURE
We have developed the concept of temperature by experience. It is not possible to
quantitatively define temperature but we can describe it as a level of heat just like the level of
liquid in a container. Thus, heat flows from a body at higher temperature to a body at lower
temperature when brought in thermal contact, just like liquid will flow from a container with
higher level to a container with lower level when connected with a tube.
When we study heat energy, we necessarily need to study temperature, since we sense
heat only indirectly by its effect on temperature. It is true that under some conditions (e.g.,
isothermal melting of ice), heat transfer does not lead to temperature change but, in general,
study of temperature, and the changes therein, are important for heat measurement.
4.1.1. Zeroeth Law of Thermodynamics
When two bodies have thermal equilibrium (equality of temperature) with a third body,
they in turn, have thermal equilibrium (equality of temperature) with each other (Rock 1969).
This fact appears very obvious as it is based on our day-to-day experience. Since this
fact is not derivable from other laws, and since it logically precedes the first and the second
laws of thermodynamics, it has been called the Zeroeth Law of Thermodynamics.
4.1.2. Pure Substance
A pure substance is one that has a homogeneous and invariable chemical composition
(Wylen 1959).
4.1.3. Independent Properties of a Pure Substance
A pure substance in the absence of motion, gravity, surface effects, electricity and
magnetism, has three intensive properties only two of which are independent, viz., pressure,
temperature and concentration (conclusion based on experimental or day-to-day observation).
The two independent intensive properties are often referred to as the two degrees of freedom.
For example, if we keep water vapour in an evacuated chamber say, above its critical
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temperature - we may be able to change the conditions to a new temperature and pressure.
But by doing so, the concentration (vapour density) gets fixed and it does not remain our
choice. If we want the water vapour to have a particular concentration or vapour density at a
particular pressure (vapour pressure), that would be possible only at a particular temperature,
and we cannot enforce a temperature of our choice.
We have used the term critical temperature. Gases can normally be liquefied by applying
additional pressure, but not above its critical temperature. Critical temperature is a property
of a pure gas. Applying pressure alone above the critical temperature cannot liquefy a gas.
We cannot think of liquefying oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, etc., by compressing only
without refrigeration as critical temperatures are well below 150C. Compressed CO
2
gas in
a pressurised cylinder exists in gaseous form. But on bleeding out the gas, expansion causes
it to cool below its critical temperature of about 40C and gas can be seen to come out like
a smoke, carrying with it small particles of solid CO
2
.
4.2. PHASE RULE
Extended observations on the above lines have led to the Phase Rule, which is best
stated mathematically as (at equilibrium)
P + F = C + 2
where, P = Number of phases present
F = Number of degrees of freedom
C = Number of constituents
In the example given above example of a pure substance (H
2
O) value of C is 1 and
of P is 1 (water vapour i.e. gas phase); therefore, we find that the value of F is 2. For the same
pure substance (H
2
O), if we select a condition where all three phases, solid (ice), liquid (water)
and gas (water vapour), co-exist, this would be possible only at one possible combination of
temperature, pressure (vapour pressure) and concentration (the densities of the three phases).
Any change in one of the concentrations would cause disappearance of one of the three
phases. Thus, there is no degree of freedom available and hence F = 0.
Number of degrees of freedom F is not easy to conceptualise but the effect is easily felt
when restrictions are imposed on F. The above example is an example of restricted degrees of
freedom.
4.3. HEAT
Heat is that form of energy, which is transferred by virtue of a temperature difference or
temperature gradient.
4.3.1. Comparison of changes of Heat and Work in a System
(a) Both are transient phenomena. Systems never possess change of heat or work but
either or both may occur when a system undergoes a change of state.
(b) Both are path functions and inexact differentials (i.e., dt t y dx x y y
x t
) / ( ) / ( +
please refer earlier sections).
However, there are important differences between the two, which is the foundation of
the Second Law, about which we would discuss at an appropriate place.
4.3.2. Energy
It is a property by possessing which the system gets the capacity to do work. It is also
defined as any property, which can be produced from or converted into work (e.g., heat).
Energy is generally denoted by symbol Q. Q is positive by convention, if energy is
transferred to, i.e., taken up by the system.
When a system evolves heat, i.e., it loses energy to the surroundings, Q is then negative.
4.4. THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
Mathematically, the first law is expressed as
dE = dQ dW*
* Many do not consider the notations dQ and dW to be proper since neither Q nor W are
exact differentials.
dE refers to the increase in internal energy of the system.
dQ refers to the energy supplied to the system.
dW refers to the work done by the system.
It is basically a statement of law of conservation of energy. For example, In a frictionless
kinetic system of interacting rigid elastic bodies, kinetic energy is conserved or
It is impossible to do work without expending an equivalent amount of energy or
Perpetual motion of first kind is impossible.
4.4.1. What is Internal Energy and Heat Capacity?
Consider a system which does not do work, e.g., 1 mole of an ideal gas at constant
volume. When energy is supplied to it in the form of heat, its temperature rises. There will be
an increase in internal energy, or the energy contained within, corresponding to the heat put
in.
This obviously manifests itself in a temperature rise (consequently when this gas loses
energy by doing work on the surroundings, such as by adiabatic expansion, the temperature
falls). Whatever this internal energy is, it varies with respect to the temperature change in the
system, i.e.,
dE dT
or dE = C
v
dT
or C
v
= (dE/dT)
v
Where, C
v
is a constant of proportionality. It is called heat capacity at constant volume.
Please note that the above assumes absence of any phase change, such as liquefaction.
4.4.2. Absolute Value of Internal Energy?
We have mathematically defined internal energy only by stating the change therein, i.e.
dE. It is impossible to determine the absolute value of E. A suitable reference point may be
assumed with zero E for ease of calculations.
4.4.3. Enthalpy and Heat Capacity
Correspondingly, we can have a term called heat capacity at constant pressure. When a
system of say, 1 mole of ideal gas, is supplied with energy in the form of heat dQ, and the
super-incumbent pressure is maintained constant, the gas will expand. Still, after expansion,
the temperature will be seen to rise. If this rise is dT, then we can define heat capacity at
constant pressure C
p
as
dQ = C
p
dT
or, C
p
= (dQ/dT)
p
Now this heat dQ has been taken up by the system and it has resulted in
(i) Increase in the internal energy of the system (temperature has risen), and
(ii) Work done by the system (gas has expanded against external pressure).
Thus, from First Law, we have
dE = dQ dW
= dQ PdV
or dQ = dE + PdV
= d(E + PV) since P is constant
For study of constant pressure processes, it is convenient to define a term called Enthalpy
or Heat Content, H, equal to E + PV. Like E, it is impossible to know the absolute value of H
for a system. But, for convenience, H for pure elements at atmospheric pressure and 25 C
(298 K) is taken to be zero.
4.4.4. Expansion of An Ideal Gas
In the above example, when the system of ideal gas expands under constant pressure
dQ = dE + PdV
or C
p
dT = C
v
dT + PdV
or C
p
= C
v
+ PdV/dT = C
v
+ d(PV)/dT = C
v
+ d(RT)/dT
Hence C
p
= C
v
+ R
Thus for an ideal gas
C
p
C
v
= R
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4.4.5. Reversible Process
It is a process in which the system is never more than infinitesi mall y removed from a
state of thermodynamic equilibrium (and to which. therefor e. the equati on of state is
applicable - Rock. / 969).
To effect a finite change. such a process would take infinite time. Thus. all naturall y-
occurring processes, which take finite time, are irreversible.
Also we can state that a natural process, which satisfies the condition of thermodynamic
reversibility, is in thermodynamic equil ibrium.
I m I
p.v,r
tttttt
Q
Figure 4.1 Illustration 01 reversible process
4.4.6. Reversible Isothermal Expansion of an Ideal Gas
Since this process is isothermal, hence tiT = 0
i.e.. dE=O
Hence. dQ - dW = 0
And dQ =dW
Let us consider aRC? mole of an ideal gas contained in a cylinder with a frictionless
pi ston.
The pressure P of gas is balanced by at mospheric pressure and the combined weight of
the piston and the weights kept on it.
If the weight on the pi ston is slowly decreased such that the pressure e ~ e r t e d by the
pi ston is always infinitesimally less than the pressure of the gas, then the pi ston will start
moving up very slowly.
If, simultaneously, we supply heat to the gas in the cylinder to maintain its temperature
at T then we have a case of isothermal reversible expansion. If we can imagine that the weight
on piston is made up of fine sand and we imagine that the pressure is released by removing
one sand particle at a time then such a process will very closely represent a reversible
expansion.
If the expansion in volume is dV, the distance the piston moves is dx and the area of the
piston is A, then
dV = Adx
Work done by the gas = Force * distance
= (P.A) * dx
= P. Adx
= PdV
That is dQ = PdV
Please note that pressure has been changing (as we remove sand particles) in this example.
Thus, if a finite amount of energy Q is supplied for a finite expansion of volume from V
1
to V
2
(consequently pressure decreases from P
1
to P
2
)
then, Q =
2
1
V
V
PdV
=
2
1
V
V
V
RTdV
=
2
1
] [ln
V
V
V RT
That is Q = RT ln (V
2
/V
1
)
Also, P
1
V
1
= P
2
V
2
Hence, V
2
/V
1
= P
1
/P
2
And Q = RT ln (P
1
/P
2
) (isothermal reversible)
We would be using this relationship later on.
4.4.7. Adiabatic Reversible Expansion
If the expansion is adiabatic dQ = 0
Therefore, dE = dW = PdV
or C
v
dT = PdV
= (RT/V) dV
or C
v
dT/T + R dV/V = 0
or (C
p
C
v
) dV/V + C
v
dT/T = 0
or ( 1) dV/V + dT/T = 0 ( = C
p
/C
v
)
or ( 1) ln V + In T = Constant
or T V
) 1 (
= Constant
As T = PV/R, then
R PV /
= Constant
or

PV
= Constant
Since > 1, therefore, for an adiabatic process, pressure drop produces a lesser volume
increase than in isothermal process.
4.5. APPLICATIONS OF THE FIRST LAW THERMOCHEMISTRY
The first law is a restatement of law of conservation of energy, and therefore finds
application wherever energy conservation is in question. But while dealing with energy
conservation in chemical reactions, the application of first law has led to the evolution of a
branch of science called Thermochemistry.
Thermochemistry is that branch of science which is concerned with heat changes
associated with chemical reactions. There are several important applications of first law. Two
of these examples relate to the following:
1. Hesss law of heat summation
2. Calculation of maximum theoretical (adiabatic) flame temperature in a combustion
system.
The following Rule of Lavoisier and Laplace is really a corollary of the Hesss Law.
4.5.1. Rule of Lavoisier and Laplace
The quantity of heat, which must be supplied to decompose a compound into its elements,
is equal to the heat evolved when the compound forms from its elements (Glasstone, 1947).
4.5.2. Hesss Law of Heat Summation
The resultant heat change at constant pressure or constant volume in a given chemical
reaction is the same whether it takes place in one or several stages (Glasstone, 1947).
Thus, thermo-chemical equations can be added and subtracted just like algebraic
equations.
4.5.3. Heat of Formation (of a Compound)
It is the increase of heat content H when 1 mole of a substance is formed from its
elements at a given temperature and pressure (Glasstone, 1947).
For example, it is given that, for
CO(g) + 1/2 O
2
(g) = CO
2
(g)
0
298
H = 67.65 kCal per mole
From Standard Tables it is seen that the standard enthalpies of formation of CO and CO
2
are
0
298
H = 26.42 and 94.05 kCal/mole respectively.
Do these data violate Hess's law (Sage 1965; Gaskell 2003)?
When CO
2
is formed in one step from C and O
2
0
298
H = 94.05 kCal/mole
i.e., C + O
2
(g) = CO
2
(g)
0
298
H = 94.05 kCal/mole
When it is formed in two steps
C(s) + 1/2 O
2
(g) = CO(g)
0
298
H = 26.42 kCal/mole
CO(g) + 1/2 O
2
(g) = CO
2
(g)
0
298
H = 67.65 kCal/mole
Adding we get
C(s) + O
2
(g) = CO
2
(g)
0
298
H = 94.07 kCal/mole
This value closely agrees with the value of 94.05 obtained by direct measurement and
hence vindicates Hesss Law.
4.5.4. Heat of Combustion
It is the heat change accompanying the complete combustion of 1 mole of a compound,
at a given temperature and one atmosphere pressure.
4.5.5. Theoretical Flame Temperature
When a gaseous fuel burns under conditions that the flame produced is short and non-
luminous, then the heat evolved during oxidation of fuel is almost completely taken up by the
products of combustion.
From the knowledge of the heats of combustion and the heat capacities of the combustion
products and assuming the combustion within flame to be adiabatic, the temperature of the
combustion products can be calculated. This would give the theoretical maximum flame
temperature, which is also called the adiabatic flame temperature.
Example
Heat of combustion of methane is 212.80 kCal at 25 C; the difference between heat
contents of liquid water and water vapour at 1 atmosphere pressure at 25 C is 10.52 kCal.
Given,
C
p

CO2(g)
= 10.55 + 2.16 * 10
3
*

T 2.04 * 10
5
* T
2
Cal/deg.-mole
C
p

H2O(g)
= 7.17 + 2.56 * 10
3
* T + 0.08 * 10
5
* T
2
Cal/deg.-mole
C
p

N2(g)
= 6.66 + 1.02 * 10
3
* T Cal/deg.-mole
Let us calculate the adiabatic flame temperature for the combustion of CH
4
in air (20%
O
2
and 80% N
2
).
We have
CH
4
(g) + 2O
2
(g) = CO
2
(g) + 2H
2
O (l) ...(1)
0
298
H = 212.80 kCal
By taking out the latent heat of condensation of water vapour we get the net heat of
combustion of CH
4
(during combustion water vapour does not condense)
i.e., 2H
2
O(l) = 2H
2
O(g) ...(2)
0
298
H = 2 * 10.52 kCal
= 21.04 kCal
(1) (2) CH
4
(g) + 2O
2
(g) = CO
2
(g) + 2H
2
O(g)
0
298
H = 191.76 kCal
This heat is used to raise the temperature of combustion products, i.e., CO
2
(g) and H
2
O(g),
and also the N
2
associated with air required for combustion.
Quantity of nitrogen associated is 8 moles
Let the final temperature be T
2
(K), then, we have
H
=

+ +
2
2
2
2
2
2 298
(g) N
p
298
O(g) H
p
298
(g) CO
p
C C C
T T T
dT dT dT
=
2
298
-1 5 2 3
] * 10 * 04 . 2 2 / * 10 * 2.16 * 55 . 10 [
T
T T T + +

2
298
1 5 2 3
] * 10 * 08 . 0 2 / * 10 * 56 . 2 * 17 . 7 [ * 2
T
T T T

+ +

2
298
2 3
] 2 / * 10 * 02 . 1 * 66 . 6 [ * 8
T
T T

+ +
= 56 . 2 08 . 1 ( * ) 66 . 6 * 8 17 . 7 * 2 55 . 10 [( + + + + T

2
298
1 5 2 3
] * 10 * ) 16 . 0 04 . 2 ( * 10 * ) 08 . 4
T
T T

+ +
=
2
298
1 5 2 3
] * 10 * 88 . 1 * 10 * 72 . 7 * 17 . 78 [
T
T T T

+ +
Thus,
191,760 = 78.17(T
2
298) + 7.72 * 10
3
(T
2
2
(298)
2
] + 1.88 * 10
5
[1/T
2
1/298]
Solving by the method of successive approximation, we get
T
2
2250K or 1980 C
There are several reasons why the results obtained thus are higher than the experimental
flame temperatures. Some of these are listed below.
1. It is unlikely that the reaction can be carried out under such conditions that the
process is adiabatic (i.e., no heat is lost to the surroundings). However, when there
is adequate premixing of fuel and air so that a short non-luminous flame is obtained
the combustion is expected to be very nearly adiabatic and the flame temperature is
high.
2. In practice, excess air must be used to effect complete combustion of fuel. The extra
oxygen and the nitrogen accompanying it will pick up some heat during combustion,
thus reducing the temperature.
3. At the temperature of combustion, there is appreciable dissociation of water vapour
into hydrogen and oxygen, or hydrogen and hydroxyl and of CO
2
into CO and O
2
.
4. Combustion process is usually a more complex chemical reaction. Often these
reactions lead to the temporary formation of solid particles, which incandesce and
dissipate heat by radiation.
None the less, by maintaining condition for efficient combustion, flame temperature
may reach close to the theoretically calculated temperature.
4.5.6. Kirchoffs Relationship
In the last example of calculation of theoretical flame temperature, we have assumed
that the combustion has taken place at room temperature and the heat liberated has heated the
reaction products to the flame temperature. We have integrated Cp dT values of the products
up to the final temperature to calculate the heat absorbed in heating the product gas from
room temperature to the final temperature.
Although combustion does not actually take place at room temperature, Hesss Law
gives us a justification of making calculations in the way we have done it here. This way of
making calculation is also convenient for us since heat of combustion values have often been
determined, tabulated and reported in such a way that the room temperature values can be
easily retrieved.
Many times we need to have the combustion or reaction data at a temperature at which
the data are not normally reported in literature. By using Hesss Law and change in heat
capacity values, the heat of reaction at temperature of interest can be calculated.
From the Hesss Law, or the First Law of Thermodynamics the following relationship
between the enthalpy change and the change in heat capacity in a reaction can be derived.
) ( H d = dT C
p
This relationship is valid for reaction of the type considered in the last example, i.e.,
CH
4
(g) + 2O
2
(g) = CO
2
(g) + 2H
2
O(g)
0
298
H = 191.76 Kcal
And in this derivation, it has also been assumed that the reaction is carried out at constant
pressure.
By a knowledge of DCp value (which is often a temperature dependent property and
generally of the form A + BT + CT
2
) the above expression can be integrated between 298K
and the temperature of interest, to obtain the enthalpy change at the desired temperature.
For constant volume processes the relationship is modified into
) ( E d = dT C
v
These two relationships are called Kirchoffs relationships and are, in fact, a direct
application of the First Law of Thermodynamics.
4.5.7. Theoretical Explosion Temperature and Pressure
Theoretical explosion temperature of explosive mixtures can be calculated in the same
manner as flame temperature except for the following:
(i) Using
E
values in place of
H
values
(ii) Using C
v
in place of C
p
The maximum pressure can be estimated assuming ideal gas laws are applicable.
We have given in an earlier section (2.1) the example of hydrogen and oxygen mixture
at room temperature and simultaneously have cautioned against making such a mixture. Such
a mixture is, in fact, one of the possible explosive mixtures of gases. The theoretical explosion
temperature and pressure of this mixture can give a comparative idea of the enormity of
damage this mixture can inflict.
Example
Let us calculate the temperature and pressure (starting with 1 atmosphere pressure of
mixture) obtained in such an explosion using the following data:
H
2
(g) + O
2
(g) = H
2
O(g)
298
H = 57,560 Cal/mole, and
C
v

H2O(g)
= 5.18 + 2.56 * 10
3
*T + 0.08 * 10
5
* T
2
Cal/deg-mole
Let the adiabatic explosion temperature be T
or 5.18 (T 298) + 1.28 * 10
3
(T
2
298
2
) + 8000((1/298) (1/T)) = 57,560
or 57,560 = 1.28 * 10
3
T
2
(8000/T) + 5.18T (5.18 * 298
+ 1.28 * 0.298 * 298 - 8000/298)
Solving by the method of successive approximation we get
T = 5060K or 4787 C
And at this resultant temperature the pressure developed would be 5060/(298*1.5) =
11.32 atmospheres. However, complete attainment of reaction to reach 4787 C temperature
is open to question because of uncertain stability of H
2
O molecules above about 3150 C. But
even if temperature was only 3150 C; the pressure developed would be 8.6 atmospheres.
Explosion is a much more complicated phenomenon than what has been presented here.
The above calculated temperature (3150 C) and pressure (8.6 atmosphere) values should be
taken as the upper limits in explosion of this mixture. In a few sets of controlled experiments
on explosion of various mixtures of hydrogen and oxygen, as reported by Lewis & Elbe
(1987), the maximum observed pressure was a little over 8.2 atmospheres and the maximum
observed temperature was a little over 2460 C.
4.5.8. Heat Capacities at Constant Pressure and Constant Volume
We have defined heat capacities for constant volume and constant pressure processes as
follows
At constant volume
C
v
= dE/dT
At constant pressure
C
p
= dH/dT
C
p
and C
v
are interrelated by the work of expansion
C
p
C
v
= P * dV/dT
For an ideal gas, the right hand term would equal the gas constant R. In CGS unit, the
value of R is 1.987 calories/deg.K-gm-mole.
From the point of view of metallurgists, C
p
is of vital importance as most of the
metallurgical processes take place at constant pressure. On the other hand, many chemical
syntheses are carried out at high pressures in confined reactors at constant volume (for example,
synthesising ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen gases). Under these conditions, it is the
C
v
which should be considered.
In the laboratory, C
p
values are determined by measuring the change in heat content
between room temperature (or calorimeter temperature - calorimeter is the measuring apparatus
for heat) and a number of higher temperatures. The calorimeter commonly used for this
purpose is the isothermal (isoperibol is a more appropriate term) room temperature
calorimeter, which uses the drop method. The substance is heated to the desired temperature
and is dropped into the calorimeter and the heat effect is measured. This technique is commonly
referred to as the mixture method in calorimetry.
If there are no phase changes in this temperature range then the heat effect measured by
the calorimeter is related to the heat capacity thus
T
H298 =

T
p
dT C
298
Attempts were made to select an expression of C
p
in term of T so that most of the results
can be fitted in a single expression, which would enable easy tabulation of data. An expression
of the type
C
p
= a + bT + CT
2
has been found satisfactory in most cases. However, Kelley found that an expression of the
type
C
p
= a + bT + cT
2
fits the results even better. In this case, the experimentally-measured enthalpy should fit in the
following curve
T
H
298
= A + BT + CT
2
+ DT
1
where, B = a, C = b/2 and D = c
A, B, C & D are evaluated from four or more points on T H curve.
4.5.9. Calorimeter
As mentioned earlier, we do observe that a burning candle can make water in a test tube
boil in minutes while on a bucketful of water it cannot do so even in hours. Water in the
bucket absorbs much more heat obviously than water in test tube without corresponding rise
in temperature. So, while we have developed the concept of temperature through our senses,
the same temperature is not a measure of the heat contained in or transferred to a system. For
the measurement of heat we normally take the help of a calorimeter.
The word calorie is another name for heat. By usage calorie denotes that amount of
heat which one gram of water takes up (at constant pressure) in raising its temperature by
1C.
As mentioned in the last section, the heat capacities of solid substances are measured
using mixture method in a calorimeter. Special calorimeters are required for specific
determinations. Isothermal ice calorimeter is used for measuring heat effect at 0 C. Iso-
peribol calorimeter is the most common for measuring heat effects at room temperatures -
mostly of chemical reactions in liquid solutions - or where the product is a liquid solution.
The term Iso-peribol implies isothermal surroundings. When this isothermal surrounding is
maintained using predominantly water medium, it is referred to as submarine type calorimeter.
Then there are adiabatic calorimeters, constant heat flux calorimeters, calorimeters measuring
heat effects through thermal analysis technique, etc.
5.1. THE SECOND LAW DIFFERENT STATEMENTS
The First Law presents the interchangeability of heat and work. The second law states
the limitations on heat when it is converted into work.
The second law of Thermodynamics has been stated in many ways, some of which are:
(i) It is impossible to devise a machine, which would work in cycles and produce no
effect other than to extract heat from a source and convert it completely into work.
(ii) It is not possible to convert heat into work by a constant temperature cycle.
(iii) Heat cannot, by itself, flow from a cooler to a hotter body.
(iv) Carnots theorem/principle: All reversible heat engines operating between two given
temperatures have the same efficiency.
5.1.1. Are These Statements Really Same?
To understand these statements, let us consider a simple system of one mole of an ideal
gas in a cylinder with a piston as illustrated in Fig. 4.1. Let this gas be at temperature T
1
,
pressure P
1
and volume V
1
.
Let the walls of the cylinder be thermally insulating and its base be thermally conducting
which is kept in contact with a heat reservoir at temperature T
1
. Let the weight of the piston
and the external pressure and load on it be such that it just balances the pressure of the gas. In
such a situation, there will not be any net heat flow between gas and the heat source.
Now if the weight on the piston is very slowly reduced so that the gas expands reversibly,
the temperature of gas will tend to fall as it is performing work against the external pressure.
The gas will therefore pick up heat from the heat reservoir to maintain its temperature. Suppose
the gas expands to a volume of V
2
so that the pressure is P
2
.
Let Q
1
be the heat taken up by the gas. Then according to the first law, Q
1
should equal
the work done by the system.
Q
1
=
V dV RT PdV
V
V
V
V
/ *
2
1
2
1
1

=
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Chapter- 5
= RT
1
ln (V
2
/V
1
)
also = RT
1
ln (P
1
/P
2
)
Here heat has been completely converted into work but the system is not in the same
state as it was to start with. The system can be brought to its initial state by reversibly compressing
the gas to a pressure of P
1
.

The gas will give out heat to the heat reservoir so that its temperature
is maintained at T
1
. By the time the pressure P
1
is reached, an equal amount of work, as was
performed by the gas during expansion from P
1
to P
2
, will have to be done on it. Consequently,
the gas will return an equal amount of heat (Q
1
) to the heat source. Hence, after such a system
is made to perform in a cycle, the net effect is that no heat is taken up or given out by the
system and no work is done by or on the system. This type of experience is compatible with
statement (ii) of the second law, which says that it is not possible to convert heat into work by
a constant temperature cycle.
5.1.2. Efficiencies of Reversible Heat Engines
Most of the statements of second law pre-suppose the existence of a heat engine or a
machine that converts heat into work. From the example cited above, it is clear that if we do
conceive of a heat engine it must be working between at least two different temperatures.
Before we visualise such a machine, let us assume that such a machine does exist and it can
act in cycles in a reversible manner so that we can examine statement (iv) of second law.
Let there be two heat sources as represented in Fig. 5.1, one at temperature T
1
and the
other at a lower temperature T
2
. Let there be two heat engines I and II working between the
two temperatures in cycles in a reversible manner. To start with, let us assume to the contrary
that the two heat engines have different efficiencies. Suppose each of them take up heat Q
1
from the higher temperature source T
1
but perform different amounts of work W
1
and W
2
before discharging the balance amount of heat Q
2
and Q
2
' to the other heat reservoir at
temperature T
2
.
Figure 5.1 Two reversible heat engines working in conjunction
Second Law of Thermodynamics 29
Therefore, from the first law we have,
W
1
= Q
1
Q
2
and W
2
= Q
1
Q
2
'
and the efficiencies of the heat engines are
1
= W
1
/Q
1
= (Q
1
Q
2
)/Q
1
= 1 Q
2
/Q
1
and
2
= W
2
/Q
1
= (Q
1
Q
2
')/Q
1
= 1 Q
2
'/Q
1
Let W
2
< W
1
; then
1 2
<
The engines being reversible, their direction of working can be reversed by only
infinitesimal change in the constraints. Thus, engine II will work taking up Q
2
' amount of heat
from reservoir at T
2
and discharging Q
1
amount of heat to the reservoir at T
1
provided W
2
work
is done on the machine reversibly by an external agency.
If the two machines work in conjunction in the manner shown in the diagram then the
net effect of the two machines are
(i) Q
1
' Q
2
amount of heat are taken up from the reservoir at temperature T
2
(ii) W
1
W
2
amount of work is done by the machine (= Q
2
' Q
2
)
(iii) No heat is given out to the reservoir at temperature T
1
.
Thus, the machines have in one cycle taken up Q
2
' Q
2
amount of heat and has completely
converted into work (W
1
W
2
) without bringing out any other change. This violates the statement
(i) of second law as long as
2 1
.
Thus, we see that statement (iv) follows directly from statement (i).
Now to compare statements (iii) and (iv) let us assume that in one cycle the machine II
performs the same amount of work as machine I.
Let machine II take up Q
1
' amount of heat from reservoir at temperature T
1
and discharge
Q
2
" amount of heat to reservoir at temperature T
2
.
Then,
2
= W
1
/Q
1
= 1 Q
2
"/Q
1
'
hence, Q
1
' > Q
1
and Q
2
" > Q
2
' > Q
2
Now if the two machines work in conjunction so that work done by machine I drives
machine II in the reverse direction then the net effect will be
(i) No work is done by the two machines together.
(ii) An amount of heat Q
2
" Q
2
is extracted from reservoir at temperature T
2
.
(iii) An amount of heat Q
1
' Q
1
is discharged into the reservoir at higher temperature T
1
(This amount would obviously equal Q
2
" Q
2
).
Thus, the assembly of machines would produce no other effect than to transfer heat
from a cooler body (T
2
) to a hotter body (T
1
) thereby violating statement (iii) of the second
law. For statement (iii) to be valid
1
must equal ,
2
which is same as statement (iv v). We, therefore, ,
see that statement (iv) is also derivable from statement (iii).
5.2. CARNOTS CYCLE
Since all reversible heat engines working between the same two temperatures will have
the same efficiencies, we can conclude that their efficiencies depend only upon the two
temperatures between which they work. For further thermodynamic consideration it is,
therefore, sufficient that we consider that type of reversible machine, which will lend itself to
simple thermodynamic treatment. A machine employing Carnots cycle is of such a type.
Let us consider one mole of an ideal gas contained in a cylinder with a frictionless
piston. Statement (ii) of second law requires that if this assembly is to be used as a reversible
heat engine, it must work at least between two temperatures. Let those temperatures be T
1
(higher) and T
2
(Lower). It is obvious that such an engine cannot work only in adiabatic
cycles. An adiabatic cycle will not pick up any energy and therefore cannot give out energy
in the form of work.
The system considered must be effecting reversible heat exchanges at the two
temperatures. Thus, we must have heat reservoirs at the two temperatures.
In order that the heat exchanges between the gas and the reservoirs take place reversibly
it is essential that the temperature of the gas is made equal to that of the particular reservoir
before they are brought into thermal contact. This change in temperature must be effected
reversibly and without recourse to any other heat reservoir. Such a change can be effected by
adiabatic and reversible compression or expansion of the gas.
The pressure vs. volume plots for the ideal gas are hyperbolae at different temperatures.
Let us consider the plots at temperatures T
1
and T
2
, the temperatures of our interest, as in Fig.
5.2.
Figure 5.2 Carnots cycle
Let us also assume that the gas in the cylinder is at point A to start with, i.e., it is at a
temperature T
1
, pressure P
A
and volume V
A
. If it is allowed to expand adiabatically and reversibly
so that the final temperature is T
2
, then the state of gas will be represented by point D, i.e., the
gas now has temperature T
2
, pressure P
D
and volume V
D
(the path in this instance is opposite
to the arrow mark). The line AD represents the path the gas has followed during adiabatic
expansion from A to D. The AD curve is in fact the plot of PV
= Constant passing through

point A. The work done by the gas is represented by the area under the curve AD (shaded
region). If the gas is again adiabatically compressed from D to A (towards the arrow mark), an
equal amount of work will have to be done on the gas and the gas would return to its original
state.
Let the gas at A be brought in thermal contact with the heat reservoir at T
1
and be allowed
to expand reversibly and isothermally until it reaches a point B (T
1
, P
B
, V
B
) taking Q
1
amount
of heat. Work done, W
1
is equal to the area under the curve AB. Now the gas is isolated from
the heat reservoir and is allowed to expand adiabatically and reversibly until it reaches a
temperature T
2
. This state is represented by a point C (T
2
, P
C
, V
C
) on the T
2
curve. The work
done W
2
will again be represented by the area under the curve BC.
We have, thus extracted some work from the system and have brought it to a state C (T
2
,
P
C
, V
C
) from a state A (T
1
, P
A
, V
A
). Now let us try to restore the system to its original state so
that it can be said to be working in cycles. From point C if we return to A via B then we
would be performing work on the system by an amount which is exactly equal to the work
derived from the system in bringing if from A to C. In that case, the net work by the system
will be zero and the system cannot work as heat engine. However, we can find another path to
return to A via D by performing a lesser amount of work (as indicated by the area under the
curve CDA). This can be done by bringing the gas at C into thermal contact with the heat
reservoir at temperature T
2
and compressing the gas isothermally and reversibly until we
reach the point D. Let the heat given out be Q
2
and work done on the system be W
3
.
As we have seen earlier, if we compress the gas at D adiabatically and reversibly until
temperature T
1
is reached we would reach the point A. Let the work done on the system be W
4
.
Now the system has reached the original state and the area ABCD represents the net
work done by the system, which is not zero. Thus, the system is a heat engine, which has
worked in a cycle in a reversible manner and has converted some heat into work. The cycle
the system has undergone is called the Carnots Cycle.
5.2.1. Efficiency of Carnots Cycle
Now let us examine the quantity of heat converted into work and try to compute the
efficiency of the cycle in terms of temperatures T
1
and T
2
.
If we examine the various quantities of work and heat at various stages, we come to the
following conclusions.
Net work done in the full cycle,
W= W
1
+ W
2
W
3
W
4
Q
1
= W
1
= RT
1
In(V
B
/V
A
)
W
2
=

=
1
2
4
T
T
v
W dT C
Q
2
= W
3
= RT
2
In(V
C
/V
D
)
Further, P
A
V
A
/T
1
= P
B
V
B
/T
1
= P
C
V
C
/T
2
= P
D
V
D
/T
2
also T
1
V
A
1
= T
2
V
D
1
and T
1
V
B
1
= T
2
V
C
1
Hence, V
A
/V
B
= V
D
/V
C
or, V
B
/V
A
= V
C
/V
D
and W
3
= RT
2
ln (V
B
/V
A
)
Hence, total work done
W= W
1
W
3
= RT
1
ln (V
B
/V
A
) RT
2
ln (V
C
/V
D
)
= R (T
1
T
2
) ln (V
B
/V
A
)
But W= W
1
W
3
= (Q
1
Q
2
)
Efficiency of the engine
= W/Q
1
= (Q
1
Q
2
)/Q
1
= 1 Q
2
/Q
1
But since Q
1
= W
1
, efficiency of the engine is also
= (R (T
1
T
2
) ln (V
B
/V
A
))/(RT
1
ln (V
B
/V
A
))
= (T
1
T
2
)/T
1
= 1 T
2
/T
1
Thus, the efficiency of reversible heat engine depends only on the temperatures between
which the heat engine operates. The lower the temperature of sink where the lower quality of
heat is discarded the higher is the efficiency of the heat engine.
From the above, we get,
1 Q
2
/Q
1
= 1 T
2
/T
1
or Q
2
/T
2
= Q
1
/T
1
or Q
1
/T
1
Q
2
/T
2
= 0
5.3. ENTROPY
From this relationship evolves the concept of Entropy.
The above expression (the relationship achieved over a cycle of reversible operation) is
often stated in generalised form as
= 0 ) ( rev/T dQ
The above implies that dQ
rev
/T points to a new state function since its value would
remain independent of the path the system would have taken to reach that state. This new
function, normally designated S, is exactly defined only mathematically and in differential
form.
dS = dQ
rev
/T
The concept of Entropy would be discussed in detail in the next chapter.
6.1. ENTROPY
Entropy is a Greek word meaning change. Change has been interpreted as increased
disorder since increase in Entropy has been seen to be associated with increase in disorder or
randomness.
Entropy S has been defined by the following mathematical relationship
dS = dQ
rev
/T
Since,
) / (
rev
T dQ
= 0
therefore, after performing a cycle of operation reversibly, and on reaching back to the initial
state, the change in entropy is zero. That is, the entropy of system does not change over a
complete reversible cycle.
Therefore, S is a state property or an exact differential. Entropy cannot be easily defined
but can be described in terms of entropy increase accompanying a particular process.
In an infinitesimal stage of an appreciable process, the entropy increase, dS is given by
heat taken up isothermally and reversibly divided by absolute temperature T at which it is
absorbed.
6.2. SIGNIFICANCE OF ENTROPY
In the discussion in the last section on Carnots Cycle, we have noted that for a full cycle
of operation of a reversible heat engine
Q
1
/T
1
= Q
2
/T
2
The terms

Q
1
and

Q
2
are, by definition, the quantity of heat transferred into the system
isothermally at T
1
temperature and heat transferred out of the system at T
2
temperature,
respectively, both operations being performed in reversible manner.
Thus, Q
1
/T
1
is the integration of dQ(rev)/T during the first part of the cycle and so is
Q
2
/T
2
for the third part of the cycle. So these values are, in fact, entropy changes of the system
Entropy, Third Law and Feasibility
Chapter- 6
Entropy, Third Law and Feasibility 35
during the first part and the third part of the cycle. The second and fourth parts being adiabatic
and reversible, there are no entropy changes associated with these parts. The entropy change
in the first and the third part being equal and of opposite sign, the entropy change in the full
reversible cycle is zero. So, even though the reversible heat engine takes up heat from heat
source, performs work and discards unutilised heat, on completing the cycle of operation
there is no change in entropy.
The working of any cyclic reversible heat engine, through whatever path it operates, can
be broken down into a large number of Carnots Cycle (Fig. 6.1). Therefore, as long as the
process is carried out reversibly, any heat engine will be converting heat into work with the
same outcome and without any net change in entropy.
Figure 6.1 Any cyclic reversible heat engine can be seen as comprising a large number of Carnots Cycles
6.3. THERMODYNAMIC TEMPERATURE SCALE
If a reversible heat engine operates between two constant temperature reservoirs, then
the thermodynamic temperature is defined as being proportional to the quantity of heat
transferred to and from it in a reversible cycle (Kelvin, 1848).
6.3.1. Zero of the Thermodynamic Scale
It is the lower temperature of a reversible heat engine cycle with an efficiency of unity
(i.e., one capable of converting heat completely into work).
It has been a dream of many scientists to reach as close to this temperature (0Kelvin or
0
o
Rankine, approximately equal to 273.2
o
C) as possible (kindly refer to Chapter 1).
6.4. NON-CYCLIC PROCESS
What happens when the conversion of heat into work is not cyclic. Let us take only part
one of operation, represented by curve AB in Fig. 5.2. Here Q
1
heat has been taken up by the
ideal gas in piston (Fig. 4.1) from the heat source at temperature T
1
. Corresponding work
done is RT
1
ln(V
B
/V
A
). Entropy of the system (gas in piston) has increased by Q
1
/T
1
or, S
G
= Q
1
/T
1
At the same time, the heat source being at the same temperature and having lost an equal
amount of heat reversibly has also lost an equal amount of entropy.
S
H
= Q
1
/T
1
In the system of the gas in piston and the heat source, taken together, there has been no
change of entropy. There has not been any other entropy change any where else in the
surroundings. Thus, the entropy of the system and all the surroundings taken together has not
changed. Thus, we see that, in any reversible process, entropy of a system may change but
that of universe does not change.
6.5. REAL PROCESS
Readers might be wondering why we are emphasising on reversible processes, which,
by nature, must take infinite time to complete and are, therefore, not real processes. But
readers must have guessed the answer as well; that these reversible processes are idealised
forms of real processes and are easier to treat thermodynamically.
Let us consider a system of one mole of water vapour at 100
o
C and one atmosphere
pressure in a container kept in an ambient atmosphere of 25
o
C and one atmosphere pressure.
If the walls of container conduct heat, the water vapour will slowly lose heat to surroundings
and condense to water. Let us, for convenience, assume that the walls of container expand or
contract with change of pressure. In real situation, there would be no such wall.
This is an example of a real process and it is not a reversible process since infinitesimal
change in constraints cannot bring back the previous state of the system. How to calculate
entropy change in such a process?
Let us consider that the same change is brought about in a reversible manner employing
a reversible heat engine to attain the same end. Let the ideal gas contained in a cylinder and a
piston in Fig. 4.1 act as the heat engine, which would extract heat from the system of one
mole of steam at 100
o
C and 1 atmosphere pressure. This ideal gas will have to be at 100
o
C,
it would pick up the latent heat of condensation of steam and expand doing work on the
surroundings. Thereafter, we allow the ideal gas system to expand adiabatically and reversibly
until its temperature reaches 25
o
C and thereafter it can discard heat reversibly through
isothermal compression, the work now being done by surroundings on the ideal gas. After
transferring out equal amount of heat as it had gained from the system of steam, the ideal gas
system is then compressed adiabatically and reversibly until it reaches 100
o
C. But the ideal
gas system has not reached the same state as it had started with, since its entropy has changed
(point E in Fig. 6.2).
Let Q
1
be the heat extracted from the system of steam
The entropy lost by the system of steam
= Q
1
/373
Entropy gained by the system of ideal gas during isothermal expansion stage is also
= Q
1
/373
But entropy lost by this system during isothermal compression stage
= Q
1
/298
The same amount of entropy is gained by the surroundings.
Thus, entropy lost by the system of ideal gas
= Q
1
/298 Q
1
/373
= Q
1
(1/298 1/373)
= Q
1
*(373 298)/(298*373)
= Q
1
*75/(298*373)
And the surroundings and the system of steam together gain the same amount of entropy.
The entropy of universe thus remains constant.
Figure 6.2 An ideal gas system assisting in simulating a real process in a reversible manner
6.6. ENTROPY CHANGE IN REAL PROCESS
Coming back to the example of real process where the steam has condensed and the
latent heat has been dissipated into the surroundings. No ideal gas system exists in between
and the change has taken place not reversibly but spontaneously or irreversibly. But since
entropy is a state property, it does not matter what path has been taken to reach a particular
state. The states of steam and the surroundings are exactly same as that in the example of
reversible change using ideal gas, after the heat transfer has taken place. Only the system of
ideal gas is absent.
Thus, in the example of real process, the system of steam has lost an entropy of Q
1
/373
while the surroundings have gained an entropy of Q
1
/298. Thus, there has been an overall
gain of entropy of Q
1
*75/(298*373) by the universe.
By similar examples, it can be proved that in an irreversible process (or a real process),
the system under consideration may lose or gain entropy, but the entropy of universe always
increases!!!
6.7. PROCESS FEASIBILITY
Reasoning the other way around, if for a proposed process we are able to measure the
entropy changes of both system and surroundings and we find that the sum total is positive,
we conclude that the process is feasible. This appears to be a tall order, i.e., to compute
entropies of both system and surroundings. But a way out has been found as we will find in
the latter sections.
If the entropy change of universe is found to be zero we conclude that the system is in
equilibrium, but if it is negative we conclude that the process is not feasible.
Let us consider another example slightly different from the last one. Instead of steam at
100
o
C in the container, let there be one mole of an ideal gas at a temperature below ambient,
say, at 0
o
C and one atmosphere pressure.
If the system is not isolated it would slowly gain heat from the ambient and finally attain
the temperature of ambient, the pressure being retained at 1 atmosphere by allowing the gas
to expand against the atmospheric pressure. The heat gained, , H by the system would be
equivalent to work done represented by area AEFC in Fig. 6.3. The entropy lost by surroundings
is
. /T H
But to find the entropy gained by the system, let us find a reversible path to the point
C. The gas can be adiabatically and reversibly compressed to point B at the line of temperature
T. Thereafter, to reach point C, the matter is somewhat complicated since the temperature of
heat sink, where an imaginary Carnots cycle would release heat, is constantly increasing. We
have to, therefore, imagine a large number of tiny (infinitesimally small) Carnots cycle
operating between lines BC and AC. Whatever the path, the entropy gained would be
S
= S
C
S
B
= S
C
S
A
. Since S
A
= S
B
. The heat gained in this manner would be S T equivalent to the
work done represented by area DBCF.
There are other ways of determining values of entropy at different states such as at A and
C (S
A
and S
C
) and for commonly used materials and conditions, S
A
and S
C
may be available
from Tables. Thus,
S
is separately determinable. .
Entropy, Third Law and Feasi bility
In thi s example, entropy gained by the uni verse would be
AS
univ
= AS - !!JIl T
B
p
c
o E F
v - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ . ~
T
(ambient)
oc
39
Figura 6.3 Another example of a real process: entropy gained by the system Is mote than losl by the surroundings
6.8. FREE ENERGY
We see now that, in cases of the type cited above. the entropy change of universe is
determinable based on the propenies of system itself. We need not really study the surroundings
to find out its entropy change. In fact, we can simpli fy the above expression to
- T6.S
univ
= tJ. H - TtJ.S
Or we define a term tJ.F, change in Free Energy (of the system) so that
tJ. F = - TAS
univ
= tJ. H - TtJ.S
tJ.F in this example has a negati ve value, and it has dimension of energy. similar to heat
energy. It signifies an energy which can be easil y released, other than the T6S which signifies
bound energy, not easily access ible. For a real process, M is negative. When !J. F is zero.
then change in the entropy of uni verse is zero and we are looking at a process which is
operating reversibly and hence is always at equili brium. If !J.F is positive, such a process is
not feasible.
We have described above a constant pressure process, and we use the alternate term
Gibbs Free Energy since. for constant pressure processes, Gibbs Free Energy is appl icable.
Gibbs Free Energy. F is defined mathematicall y as
F= H - TS
For constant volume process. the similar property, which is a measure of feasibility of
processes, is the Work Function or the Helmholtz Free Energy. A. which is mathematically
defined as
A=E-TS
For constant volume processes, such as catalytic synthesis of ammonia from nitrogen
and hydrogen in pressurised (about 300 atmospheres) reactor, the change in Work Function
would be a measure of the feasibility of reaction.
6.9 ELLINGHAM DIAGRAM
Originally. a plot of free energy of formation of oxides, plotted against temperature was
referred to as the Ellingham's Diagram, but now Ellingham Diagram have been made for
sulphides and many other groups of compounds. But. by far the Ell ingham's Diagram for
oxides has been the most extensively used.
Fig. 6.4 is the simplified Ellingham Diagram plot for a few key oxides. The superscript
.oon 6.F implies that the property has been determined under standard conditions - one
atmosphere pressure and 0 C or 273K.
o ----------------- -------------- --
2C+ 02" 2CO
413 AI + 0;.> '" 213 AI:P3 _ ~ ~
_ , ~ L-____________________ ~ ~ ______ ~ ~
o 2000
Temperature (OC;;) ____ _
Figure 6.4 E1Uingham diagram lor a lew oxides
These plot s are near straight lines since 11..J-jO and 6.5 are nearly constants
(6.f'O = 6.J{0 - Tf!SO). There are points of slope changes at the temperatures of transformation
(of metal and metal oxide) - these are not shown in the sample plot. The slope change is
;narginal when there is solid to liquid transformation. but is pronounced when transformation
to gas occurs.
Only two metal oxide lines (2Fe + O
2
= 2FeO and 4/3 Al + O
2
= 2/3 Al
2
O
3
) are shown in
the sample diagram (Fig. 5.4). In reality there are a large number of nearly parallel lines (for,
say, CaO, MgO, SiO
2
, BaO, K
2
O, Na
2
O, etc.). All these lines are plotted on the basis of
involvement of one mole of oxygen utilisation. e.g.
2Ca + O
2
= 2CaO
2Mg + O
2
= 2MgO
Si + O
2
= SiO
2
4/3 Al + O
2
= 2/3 Al
2
O
3
etc.
This is done to ensure ease of algebraic addition and subtraction of the chemical equations.
Stated differently, we can conclude that the lines lying lower in the diagram denote a more
stable oxide. An element, e.g., Al, capable of giving a more stable oxide can reduce a relatively
less stable oxide (e.g., FeO). The reaction between Al and FeO is the basis of the Thermit
Welding Process.
By a similar logic it can be seen that carbon is poor reducer of metal oxides at lower
temperatures but can reduce most of the metal oxides at higher temperatures, since CO line
has a negative slope and cuts across most of the other metal oxide lines.
Volume change is an indication of entropy change since higher volume signifies a state
of higher disorder and hence of higher entropy. And if the volume change is large, this would
almost entirely account for the change in entropy. Volume changes in solid to solid or solid to
liquid transformation becomes almost of zero significance when a gaseous constituent either
appears or is consumed. In cases where metal and its oxide both are in condensed phase
(solid or liquid) form, one mole of gaseous oxygen is consumed and converted to a condensed
phase of negligible volume. The entropy therefore decreases almost equally for all the
metal oxides in condensed phase. Since the slope of this plot is , S the slope of all such
lines are positive and nearly equal. Consequently, the metal oxide lines are nearly parallel and
rising.
In the equation C + O
2
= CO
2
, there is no change in volume (we are neglecting the
volume of solid carbon) and, consequently the line is horizontal. In the equation 2C + O
2
=
2CO, there is increase in volume and entropy, and therefore, the slope is negative. This line
cuts through most of the metal oxide lines and therefore carbon has proven itself as an effective
reductant for most of the metal oxides.
Rising lines indicate that oxides of the more noble metals like Ag
2
O, Au
2
O, etc. would
decompose, on its own, to metal simply by heating. The diagram also indicates that C can
reduce even hard-to-reduce oxide like Al
2
O
3
, at about 1900
o
C. This fact is of little commercial
significance at the moment, since cost-effective means to curb the reversal of reaction during
cooling has not yet been found.
However, readers may note that the diagram has been drawn at standard state (one
atmosphere pressure). Inferences drawn from the diagram may change depending upon how
far it is possible to stretch the system away from standard state. For instance, as per this
diagram, it does not appear possible for CO to reduce FeO to Fe (the 2Fe + O
2
= 2FeO line
lies above 2CO + O
2
= 2CO
2
line). But it is being done regularly when sponge iron is made
(either in rotary kiln or in shaft) by maintaining a large excess of CO over CO
2
.
6.10. THIRD LAW
Studies related to entropy changes revealed that reduction in temperature leads to decrease
in entropy change for all processes. It was therefore, postulated that for a process occurring at
absolute zero temperature the entropy change would be zero. This has led to a basis from
which absolute values of entropy can be determined, taking entropy at absolute zero of
temperature to be zero. Thus, unlike E, H and F whose changes can be accurately measured
but not the absolute value, the absolute value of entropy can indeed be measured. We take,
for calculation purposes, enthalpy of elements in a defined standard state to be zero, but that
assumption is only for convenience, no molecule or atom can have zero heat content at
ambient conditions. On the other hand, a fully ordered (crystalline) solid at absolute zero
temperature will have zero entropy.
6.10.1. Absolute Entropy and Standard State
After the formulation of Third Law, it is possible to determine the absolute values of
entropy of different solid crystalline elements with the aid of knowledge of its C
p
data over
the entire temperature range
T
p T
dT T C S
0
) / (
The value of
T
S

(entropy at temperature T and at standard pressure i.e., 1 atmosphere
pressure) is best determined graphically by plotting C
p
/T against T and measuring the area
underneath the curve (Fig. 6.5).
Based on knowledge of heats and temperatures of transformations, entropies of liquid,
gaseous and other transformed phases can be determined. Similarly, it is possible with the
knowledge of heats of formation and temperatures of equilibrium to determine entropy in
many cases. In case of stable compounds, the integration method (Fig. 6.5) is used for entropy
determination.
While absolute entropy values can now be determined absolute values of Internal Energy
and Enthalpy cannot be conceived. For ease of calculation, related especially to metallurgical
reactions (constant pressure processes), a suitable reference point of enthalpy is conventionally
chosen and that is for pure elements, the enthalpy is zero when in Standard State. Standard
State is defined as 25 C or 298 oK and atmospheric or 1 bar - 760mm of Hg - pressure, i.e ..
close to ambient conditions.
CeT
1
--
o

FIgure 6.5 Graphical comptJtation oj enlropy
6.11. EXAMPLES OF ALTERNATE HEAT ENGINES
We have derived the validity of the free energy concept using examples of mostly physical
changes only, but it is equally applicable in cases of chemical change. We have so far avoided
proof of applicability in chemical changes simply because it is somewhat difficult to conceive
of a thermodynamically reversible route for most of the common chemical reactions.
As an example we would try to conceive of a Carnot's cycle without using ideal gas as
the system. Let the container in Fig. 4.1 contain water and steam in equilibrium instead of an
ideal gas. Here pressure would be I atmosphere if temperature was 100 e. If heat is supplied
to the system, more of water would get converted to steam. It is easy to conceive that, if heat
is transferred infinitesimally slowly, heat transfer can be carried out in thermodynamically
reversible manner with corresponding increase in volume. By releasing pressure, also in a
reversible manner, more of water gets vaporised and volume increases further to point C (Fig.
6.6) at reduced pressure and temperature. Thereafter the system can be made to lose heat
reversibly at the lower temperature, which would make some steam to condense to liquid
water with reduction in volume.
After reaching point D, the system can be adiabatically compressed to point A with
further condensation of vapour into liquid water.
The system has thus worked in a cycle and has performed work equivalent to area
ABeD; it had taken up heat equivalent to area ABFH at higher temperature TI and discarded
heat equivalent to area eDGE at lower temperature T
2

Figure 6.6 Carnots Cycle with water vapour system
Let us take another example. A system of CO and O
2
gases would tend to combine to
form CO
2
, but tendency for a reverse reaction tends to increase at higher temperatures. At
certain temperature (in excess of 2000
o
C) and pressure conditions all the three constituents
would be coexisting (2CO + O
2
2CO
2
). The forward reaction is accompanied with liberation
of heat and decrease in volume and vice versa.
Under a condition when all the three constituents exist in significant quantities and are at
equilibrium, if a certain quantity of heat is supplied at constant pressure, more CO
2
would
tend to break up and form CO and O
2
causing increase in volume. The system would be
doing work on surroundings. Thereafter, if the system is allowed to expand adiabatically and
reversibly, its temperature would drop causing formation of more CO
2
from CO and

O
2
. Both
volume increase and temperature drop would tend to be compensated by the chemical
combination of CO and O
2
, but none the less there would be a net increase in volume and
decrease in temperature. Taking out heat isothermally from system while compressing it
reversibly and thereafter compressing it adiabatically and reversibly would give a plot
similar to that illustrated in Fig. 6.6 although with different slopes. This system involving
chemical change can also work as a heat engine just like the previous example of physical
change. The major difference in the two examples is that in the example of physical change,
the process is endothermic in the forward direction, while in the chemical reaction example,
the forward process is exothermic.
Thus, we can see that heat engines can be conceived with not only system of an ideal
gas but also with systems involving physical and chemical changes. And Carnots Theorem
(2nd Law) holds for all such examples.
Equilibrium condition among the pure substances is represented by a situation where
thermodynamic reversibility is maintained. On the other hand, the feasibility of reaction is
represented by the extent of deviation from thermodynamic reversibility the Free Energy
change is a measure of this deviation. In real life situation, the extent of deviation from
thermodynamic reversibility assumes greater importance. Therefore, Free Energy changes
in real systems is a very important subject of study. While Free Energy changes in cases
where both reactants and products are in pure state, are easy and convenient to study, systems
become somewhat complex when one or more of these constituents are held within a solution.
For systems involving solutions, new concepts of Fugacity, Activity and Partial Molar properties
have been evolved.
7.1. CHEMICAL POTENTIAL, FUGACITY AND ACTIVITY
In a system involving physical change, the system has at least two phases each of these
can be viewed as a subsystem. Since the two subsystems are in equilibrium with each other,
the free energies of the two phases must be equal.
v
F =
v v v
S T H = 0
or
v
S =
v v
T H /
Thus, there is difference in entropies of the two phases depicted by the term
v
S above
even though the two phases are in equilibrium; i.e., the phases have the same quantitative
tendency to interact with a third phase. This tendency to interact or react has been referred to
as potential (i.e., ability or dormant ability to react). In quantitative terms, this potential is
nothing but the free energy of the phase.
With reference to the tendency to react chemically, this potential is referred to as
Chemical Potential. In such situations, the term Chemical Potential is used synonymously
with free energy.
Solution Thermodynamics
Chapter- 7
7.1.1. Solutions and Activities
A common example of a solution is a homogeneous gas mixture, and presence of such
homogeneous gas mixture often alters the feasibility situation. From Fig. 6.4 (Ellingham
Diagram), we can see that FeO formation line lies slightly below the CO
2
formation line
implying that an equal mixture of CO and CO
2
would not be able to reduce FeO. But by
maintaining a large excess of CO over CO
2
, the sponge iron making process has become a
massive industrial success.
7.1.2. Activities in Liquid Solution
If we mix water and alcohol (C
2
H
5
OH, ethanol), they dissolve to form a single liquid
phase. The partial pressures of the individual vapours get reduced in this process compared to
what they were, when the constituents were in pure state. The tendencies to react of both
these constituents also goes down compared to the level of reactivity when they were in pure
state. We say that the activities of the constituents decrease when they go into solution.
We would note that there is some relationship between the vapour pressure and the
tendency to react (reactivity or, since chemical process is not always the consideration, we
just say activity). In case of an ideal gas, the pressure is synonymous with activity. The more
we compress CO
2
gas the more it goes in solution in water (or in aerated drinks). Similar is the
case with gases like oxygen and nitrogen, either in contact with water or with a molten metal
such as liquid iron.
The above fact gives us a quantitative basis for measurement of thermodynamic activity
of a constituent. As we would like to use this concept of activity in relation to a reference
(standard) state, we define activity at the standard state to be unity. Thus pure ideal gases at
25 C (298 K) and at 1 atmosphere pressure are assumed to have unit activity. At this
temperature, if they were kept at half atmospheric pressure, they would have an activity of
0.5.
For a pure substance in condensed phase (solid or liquid) their vapour pressure is taken
to be related to their activities. When we measure equilibrium vapour pressure, the vapour
and the solid (or liquid) are at equilibrium and hence the activities of the constituent in both
phases are the same. Hence, the activity of the vapour phase would represent the activity of
the solid or liquid.
We know that even non-ideal gases behave like ideal gases when reduced to low
pressures. As the vapour pressures of majority of solids and liquids of interest in metallurgical
processes are very low, these vapours can be assumed to behave like ideal gases.
The vaporisation tendency of condensed phases has been thermodynamically referred
to as Fugacity or escape tendency. After all, the molecules, which join the vapour phase,
are trying to escape away from the condensed phase. Fugacity is more correctly defined
mathematically and this is presented in a latter section.
Solution Thermodynamics 47
The activity of a condensed phase is defined as its fugacity relative to the fugacity at
its standard state, i.e., pure constituent at 25 C (298 K) and 1 atmosphere pressure.
7.1.3. Equilibrium in a Single Component System
Let us consider a pure substance say, water, at ambient conditions. Water naturally
evaporates, and its equilibrium vapour pressure is equal to the pressure of vapour when water
is kept in an evacuated chamber. Since equilibrium condition exists, free energy of
transformation is zero or, stated differently, the free energies of the two phases are same.
Since it is the case of a single pure substance, we say that the activities of the two phases are
same.
7.1.4. Two-Component System and Partial Molar Properties
When two or more components mix to form a solution, naturally the properties of the
individual constituents get affected. In the example of water-alcohol mixture, if absolute
(100%) alcohol is diluted with water, the vapour pressure of alcohol decreases almost
proportionally to the concentration of alcohol in the solution. On the other hand, the equilibrium
vapour pressure of water starts increasing almost (but not exactly) proportionally to the
concentration of water in the solution. The pressure exerted by the vapours of the solution is
therefore made up of the partial pressures of alcohol and water. Thus, any property of the
solution is made up of partial properties of the constituents in the solution, which we denote
with a bar () on top.
.. ..
2 1
+ + = P P P
In case of an extensive property, like volume, the same relationship holds. In such cases,
we are generally interested in the per mole contributions of property of the individual
constituent. Thus,
Gross volume = Sum of volume contribution of individual constituents
or V n n ..) .. (
2 1
+ + = .. ..
2 2 1 1
+ + V n V n
or V = .. ..
2 2 1 1
+ + V N V N
where,
n
1
, n
2
, n
3
, .... etc. are the number of moles of each constituent
and
N
1
, N
2
, N
3
, ......... etc. are the mole fractions of each constituent
These values of , , ,
3 2 1
V V V etc. are not normally same as the values of V
1
, V
2
, V
3
, etc., i.e.,
the volumes of the individual constituents originally used to make up the solution. We thus
evolve the concept of partial molar property (in this case partial molar volume) , , ,
3 2 1
V V V etc.
4. Chemical and Metallurgical Thermodynamics
7.1.5. Ideal Mixing and Positive and Negative Deviations
Graphical computation of partial molar volumes for a two-component system has been
illustrated in Fig. 7.1. Here. the volume of one mole of the mixture (specific volume) has been
ploued against the mole fraction of constituent B. in a mixture of constituents A and 8. By
drawing tangent at any point on the curve, one can obtain from the intercepts the molar (i.e .
per mole) contribution of the individual constituents i.e. VA and VB'
Ideal Mixin Line Volume per mole of solution
........... --.. -
.--
""-1
v

per mole
Species A .. Ne Species B
Concentration (mole fraction) of B
Figure 7.1 Graphical computation 01 partial molar volume in a 2-component system
If VA would. at all points. have been equal to VA (i.e., the curve would merge with the
straight line between VA and VB and, therefore, VB at all points would be equal to VB)' we say
that the system is ideal and this is a case of ideal mixing. Examples of ideal mixing are more
common in solid solutions, :j;uch as in Ag-Au and Au-Pt systems. The present example
(Fig. 7.1) is a case of 'negative deviation' from ideality. The partial molar property values are
lower than those for pure components. In Fig. 7.2, the volume contribution of component
B(= N B VB) has been plotted against mole fraction B. The line keeping below the diagonal in
this Figure is a typical representation of a system exhibiting negative deviation from ideality.
Here the molecules of A and B have stronger affinity for each other as compared to the
affinities between molecules of A-A and B-8. In fact the A-B affinity is more than the linearly
interpolated (averaged) value of affinities between A-A and B-B.
Similar to the above, Fig. 7.3 represents a case of positive deviation from ideality. In the
first part of the figure, the specific volume i.e., volume occupied by one mole of the mixture
has been plotted against the mole fraction of the second species. In the second part of the
figure, the volume contribution of the second species has been plotted against mole fraction.
Solution Thermodynamics
V,
t---
V. ,--------------"
1
I ~
/
/
/
Ideal Mixing
Line
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
1,,/
/
/
/.
/.
/
o ~ - - ~ ~ = = ~ - - - - ~
U fila. 1.0
Figure 7.2 Example 01 negative deviation from ideality
V.
"
,;:
~
V,
....... .
..... ..
'"
II
......
... ~
V
..
<
.0
V.
~
V /
E
/
/
3
I
/
/
/

/
E /
~
/
" Species
N. Species 0
A
(. )
B A
Figure 7.3. Example of positive deviation from Ideality
49
,
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
N 1.0
(b)
B
It can be noted from the examples of both negati ve and positive deviation of ideality for
Figs. 7.2 and 7.3(b) that when mole fraction approaches the value of one, the volume
contribution line tends to merge with the ideal mixing line. We say that at hi gher concentrations
the species follows Raoult' s Law. On the other hand at very low concentrations, the slope of
the line is very much different from the ideal mixing line. But to start with line is nearly linear.
Here. ahhough the volume contribution is not equal to the mole fraction of the species. it is
proportional, at least in a small and very dilute range. We say that the species follows Henry's
Law.
7.2. RAOULTS AND HENRYS LAWS
Readers would have guessed that in case of ideal mixing, the system is said to follow
Raoults Law. And in the regions where the volume contribution is proportional to its mole
fraction the system is said to follow Henrys Law. This is true for all other thermodynamic
property of relevance to our study. In metallic systems as well as in metal oxide systems (such
as slags metallurgical and refining slags), properties of greater relevance are vapour pressures,
fugacities and activities.
7.2.1. Fugacity Idealised Partial Pressure
For any pure component in a condensed phase, whether solid or liquid, kept at steady
conditions for sufficient time, can be considered to be in equilibrium with its vapour. For
metallurgical systems, where vapour pressures are extremely small, close to equilibrium
conditions are easily achieved in a very short time. The free energy change of conversion of
condensed phase to vapour can be denoted as follows:
dF = d(H TS) = d(E + PV TS)
By definition of Free Energy
= dE + PdV + VdP TdS SdT
= dQ dW + PdV + VdP TdS SdT
From 1st Law
= TdS PdV + PdV + VdP TdS SdT
By definition of Entropy
= VdP SdT
At constant temperature
dF = VdP
or dF = (RT/P)dP
= RT d ln P
Here P naturally refers to the vapour pressure of the component.
No wonder the vapour pressure assumes a high importance in thermodynamic study of
metallurgical systems. In the above derivation, the applicability of ideal gas law has been
assumed. It would be very nearly true for vapours of metals and their oxides, as their pressures
are extremely low. For a more general applicability, the above relationships have been restated
in terms of fugacity or escape tendency, which has been qualitatively introduced in the
beginning of this chapter. Quantitatively, fugacity, f is defined as
dF = RT d ln f
Naturally, f becomes equal to P i.e., partial pressure when ideal gas law is applicable.
In other words, fugacity is the idealised partial pressure.
7.2.2. Activity Relative Fugacity
Similarly, the term activity, a is defined as the ratio of its fugacity, f, to its fugacity at
standard state, f . Standard state is generally taken to be pure substance at standard temperature
(298 K) and pressure (one atmosphere pressure).
a = f / f
Naturally, by this definition, activity at standard state of any constituent is unity.
If we integrate the earlier expression within the limits of standard state and the given
state we get,

F
F
dF
=

f
f
f d RT ln
or, F F = RT (ln f ln f )
= RT ln (f/f )
= RT ln (a)
7.2.3. Activity Coefficient and Henrian Activity
We have earlier given example of how the volume contribution of a constituent is related
to its mole fraction, sometimes depicting positive deviation and sometimes negative deviation
from ideality; while there are some instances where the system exhibits ideality thus following
Raoults Law with respect to that property.
If we consider thermodynamic activities in binary solutions we once again get similar
patterns. In cases where Raoults Law is obeyed, with respect to activity of the particular
constituent, then activities are equal to mole fraction (a
B
= N
B
). Even if Raoults Law is not
obeyed, at very high mole fraction level (N
B
approaching unity), the actual activity line merges
with the ideal mixing or Raoults Law line (Figs. 7.2 and 7.3(b)).
At very dilute concentration range and in cases where Raoults Law is not obeyed,
activity is found to be proportional to the mole fraction. As stated in Sec. 7.2, the system
obeys Henrys Law. The proportionality constant is referred to as the Activity Coefficient
), (
B
of the constituent in the particular system.

B B
N a
or a
B
=
B B
N
thus,
B
= a
B
/N
B
In fact, it is a general expression for any composition, i.e., for any value of N
B
. Only
B
varies over the entire composition range. At very small values of N
B
the constituent normally y
obeys Henrys Law and
B
acquires a constant value..

In reactions involving refining of liquid metals in general, and during steel making process
in particular, we deal with removal or addition of small quantities of constituents from or to an
iron rich melt, the constituents in question are expected to obey Henrys Law. It was found to
be convenient to define a new standard state a 1-weight % solution of the constituent (solute)
in the solvent (liquid metal, liquid iron in the above example). Often, this new activity term is
referred to as the Henrian Activity.
7.2.4. Interaction Coefficient
Using such a standard state, the thermodynamic feasibility calculations were expected
to become much easier as only the value of the weight percent of the constituent was required
to be used in place of activity values. But, at the same time, values of thermodynamic properties
would need to be obtained as per this new standard and tabulated.
The above case was OK for approximate calculations, but not for precise calculations. It
was found that activity-composition relationship was rarely linear up to 1 weight % of the
constituent.
Let us define a term , an activity coefficient, which is defined thus,
= Lim (a/N) as
0 N
In other words, is the activity coefficient at infinite dilution.
If Henrys Law is obeyed up to 1 weight percent of the solute constituent,
at 1 weight
percent solution would be same as , otherwise / will have a value different from unity. .
Wagner (1952) found that the following relationship holds reasonably well for almost all
dilute solutions of metallurgical interest
N ) / ( log
In other words
) / ( log = N
is referred to as the interaction coefficient. In fact it is the self interaction coefficient of
that constituent. Needless to say that if Henrys Law is obeyed up to 1 weight percent
concentration, would have a zero value. Otherwise, it would have a definite (positive or
negative value).
In the above relationship, the left-hand side term, being ratio of two activity coefficient
terms is independent of the standard state chosen. The activity coefficient (generally termed
f ) based on 1 weight percent solution as the standard state, can very well be used. On the
right hand side, N or the mole- (or atom-) fraction, would be replaced by weight per cent of
solute and the interaction coefficient would have to absorb within it the corresponding
conversion factor for composition. In this form, the interaction coefficient is generally
represented by the symbol e.
Up to this point, no definite advantage can be perceived by the use of a 1 weight percent
solution as the standard state. But if more than one solute is present, Wagner (1952) found
that the activity coefficient is changed by the following expression
log f
A
= e
A
A
(%A) + e
A
B
(%B)
where
e
A
A
= Self interaction coefficient of A, and
e
A
B
= Interaction coefficient of A with respect to B
For larger number of solutes, the expression can be generalised to include all solutes.
For steel making reactions, the e values have been well researched and tabulated. Using
the Tables and the Wagners expression for activity coefficient, precise thermodynamic limits
for refining reactions occurring during steel making, can be established. This can also serve
as guide towards process modifications so that the desired refining goal may be more closely
attained.
The self interaction coefficient for hydrogen and nitrogen in liquid steel is found to be
close to zero, thereby meaning that, in the region of interest they obey Henrys Law. For
carbon, this value is 0.22, for oxygen, 0.20 and for sulphur, 0.028 meaning carbon exhibits
positive deviation while oxygen and sulphur exhibit varying degrees of negative deviations.
7.3. EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT
Let us consider a chemical reaction of the type
A + B = C + D
which is taking place at constant temperature and pressure. Free energy change of this reaction,
, F would be given by
F
= (F
C
+ F
D
) (F
A
+ F
B
)
If we allow sufficient time, the reaction would proceed to an equilibrium state. Let us
also consider a hypothetical situation when each of the reactants and products are in standard
state. In that case, the standard free energy change, F , of the reaction would be
F
= (F
C
+ F
D
) (F
A
+ F
B
)
On taking difference of the two reactions we get
F F = {(F
C
F
C
) + (F
D
+ F
D
)} {(F
A
F
A
) + (F
B
F
B
)
= RT ln a
C
+ RT ln a
D
RT ln a
A
RT ln a
B
= RT ln {(a
C
*

a
D
)/(a
A
*

a
B
)}
= RT ln k
where,
k = (a
C
*

a
D
)/(a
A
*

a
B
)
As the reaction approaches equilibrium, activity values get adjusted among themselves.
At equilibrium, the free energies of products and reactants become equal which means, F =
0. Then the above equation reduces to
F
= RT ln k
or
F
= RT ln k
Since F has a definite constant value for the system, k is also a constant for that
system. We refer to k as the equilibrium constant. Readers may note that this relationship
for k is analogous to the classical postulates of equilibrium constant where it is defined as
the ratio of the products of concentrations of reaction products and reactants. Only concentration
terms have been replaced by activity terms. Here the science of thermodynamics has provided
us with a correction for the classical postulate.
Illustration
Let us consider an actual chemical reaction. During sponge iron making in a rotary kiln,
the main reaction is,
FeO + CO = Fe + CO
2
F = RT ln k
k = ) * ( / ) * (
CO FeO CO Fe
2
a a a a
This can be approximated to
k = pCO
2
/ pCO
i.e., ratios of the partial pressures of CO
2
and CO. Fe and FeO are in pure solid states and their
activities can be taken to be unity.
From thermodynamic tables we get the following data for this equation,
F = 4,190 + 5.13T (calories)
Temperatures involved are in the vicinity of 1000 C (i.e. 1273 K). Therefore F
value is + 2,340 calories. The k value comes out to be about 0.4. This means that partial
pressure of CO
2
should not be more than 0.4 times the partial pressure of CO for sponge iron
making process to proceed. Stated differently, the partial pressure of CO should be at least 2.5
times that of CO
2
for successful sponge iron making. No wonder that in sponge iron making
process all care is taken to keep CO
2
as far away from the sponge iron bed as possible.
Further, conditions are so maintained that any CO
2
produced in the solid bed is quickly
converted back to CO.
For any general temperature T (Kelvin), k value for this reaction is given by
4190 + 5.13T = RT ln k
= 2.303 RT log k
= 2.303 * 1,987 * T * log k
= 4.576 * T * log k
or, log k = 915.6/T 1.121
At a temperature of about 544C (817 K), log k is zero, i.e., k is one, which means that
partial pressure of CO just needs to be greater than that of CO
2
for the reduction reaction to
proceed. From the feasibility point of view, this is a more favourable situation in comparison
to the operating temperature of about 1000 C in the commercially-operating rotary kilns,
and about 900 C in the commercially operating shaft furnaces. Temperatures in commercial
processes are kept relatively high because the rate of reduction below 900 C is too slow to be
industrially competitive. Further, the drawback of lower feasibility is made up by maintaining
a large excess of CO over CO
2
(also of H
2
over H
2
O in the shaft-based process). Further, in
rotary kiln process, the CO has to be generated in situ by the carbon in coal within the bed, by
the reaction
CO
2
+ C = 2CO
This coal gasification reaction attains appreciable rate for sustaining the reduction reaction
only at about 1000
o
C for most of the reactive chars (devolatilised coal). Those who have
access to very highly reactive coals (coals which give on devolatilisation very highly reactive
chars), operate their rotary kilns below 1000
o
C.
7.3.1. Generalised Equilibrium Constant
If the reaction is of the type
xA + yB = pC + qD
Then, F = RT {(p.ln a
C
+ q.ln a
D
) (x.ln a
A
+ y.ln a
B
)}
= RT.ln {(a
C
p
* a
D
q
)/(a
A
x
* a
B
y
)}
Here, k = (a
C
p
* a
D
q
)/(a
A
x
* a
B
y
}
If we take a more general example of a reaction, such as
aA + bB + cC +
..
= pP + qQ + rR +
.
the equilibrium constant expression would become,
k = (a
P
p
* a
Q
q
* a
R
r
*
)/(a
A
a
* a
B
b
* a
C
c
*
.
)
7.4. ENTROPY CHANGE DURING IDEAL MIXING OF GASES
Let us consider mixing of two gases A and B to form a homogeneous mixture (a solution).
Free energy changes of the constituents involved are
F
A
= RT ln a
A
F
B
= RT ln a
B
F
mixture
= N
A
F
A
+ N
B
F
B
And if the constituents A and B behave ideally in the mixture, their activities can be
replaced by atom fractions. Thus
F
mixture
= RT (N
A
ln N
A
+ N
B
ln N
B
)
But by definition,
F
mixture
= H
mixture
TS
mixture
For ideal mixing case, H
mixture
(representing energies of interaction between atoms),
should be zero, and this gives
S
mixture
= R (N
A
ln N
A
+ N
B
ln N
B
)
Since ln N
A
and ln N
B
are always negative, entropy increases during formation of a
homogeneous mixture, even though there has not been any heat exchange. There would not
be any change anywhere else since this type of mixing takes place spontaneously and on its
own, and this term indeed is the entropy increase of the universe.
We know by experience that when two dissimilar gases are kept in two different
compartments and if the partition between them is removed, the gases mix spontaneously and
tend to make a homogeneous mixture. On the other hand, we never find that from a mixture
of gases the molecules segregate to form two volumes of pure gases spontaneously. If this
were to happen, entropy of the universe would have decreased by an amount R (N
A
ln N
A
+ N
B
ln N
B
).
From the above relationship, we can sense that molecular distribution has something to
do with entropy generation during mixing. R, the Gas Constant, has the dimensions of entropy
(energy per unit absolute temperature) and N
A
and N
B
are dimensionless mole fractions defined
by
N
A
=

n
A
/(n
A
+ n
B
)

and

N
B
=

n
B
/(n
A
+ n
B
)
where n represents number of molecules. For a molar volume n
A
+ n
B
equals Avogadros
number, i.e., number of molecules in a gram mole of an ideal gas, represented by N
a
and
having an approximate value of 6.023 *10
23
.
Thus, in a system involving molar volume, N
A
= n
A
/N
a
and N
B
= n
B
/N
a
This way, during idealised mixing, the entropy generation is related to the number of
molecules mixing together. This can lead one to infer that during such a mixing process
(idealised mixing), the entropy generation, which is a macro property, can be linked to the
number of molecules mixing together, which is a micro property. This aspect has been further
discussed in Chapter 9.
7.4.1. Regular Solutions
There are not many examples of ideal solutions of interest in metallurgical processes.
But a large number of solutions between two metals or two metal oxides, both solid and liquid
solutions, are such that they can be termed as half ideal. They are termed as Regular Solutions
and are characterised by ideal entropy of mixing even though they have a non-zero heat of
mixing. In such a case, if sufficient data are not available, but there is a clue that the system
could be regular, the free energy of mixing can be reasonably estimated. It is relatively easy
to measure the heat of mixing calorimetrically (or by some other means) and then we can
estimate the free energy of mixing to be
F
mixing
=

H
mixing
+ RT N
i
ln N
i
As stated earlier, the most important applications of chemical and metallurgical
thermodynamics are in the processes of synthesis, extraction, refining, etc. The free energy
change is by far the most important of the thermodynamic properties as it is linked to identifying
the limits of an actual process. The free energy in turn is dependent on other parameters like
activity, interaction co-efficient, entropy, enthalpy, heat capacity, etc.
The free energy change of a reaction is best estimated from an input of enthalpy i.e.,
heat change of a reaction and the entropy change in the reaction. The entropy change can
often be estimated from the enthalpy change at equilibrium temperature. Entropy at different
temperatures can be derived using heat capacity data. All these point to the fact that heat
measurement is one of the more important parameters needed in the measurement or estimation
of thermodynamic properties. Calorimeter is one of the more accurate techniques of measuring
heat, whether employed for estimation of heat of reaction or used for the estimation of heat
capacity. Heat change in a reaction or transformation can also be measured through the
Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA) technique, which is a much simpler technique, but with
a lower accuracy.
8.1. CALORIMETRY
Calorimetric technique using the Mixture Method has been extensively employed for
estimating heat capacities of stable solid substances over a range of temperatures. A furnace,
whose temperature is accurately controlled, is placed just above the mouth of the calorimeter
taking care that the furnace heat does not interfere with calorimetric measurements. The solid
material of interest is properly soaked in the even temperature zone of the furnace. At a
suitable time it is dropped into the calorimeter where it exchanges heat under controlled
conditions with the material surrounding it (generally a suitable liquid, but sometimes a highly-
conducting solid as well).
Since the object of interest is dropped into the calorimeter, this type of calorimeter is
often referred to as a Drop Calorimeter. Since the object of interest exchanges heat by
mixing with the calorimeter object (liquid or solid) the technique is referred to as the Mixture
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Method. The calorimeter is generally kept well insulated so that loss or gain of heat from the
environment is minimum. A sensitive thermometer estimates the temperature changes inside
the calorimeter. A mercury Beckmann Thermometer was used extensively in the past but
now many reliable and more accurate devices are available such as resistance thermometers
and also semi-conducting devices like thermistors.
Even though a calorimeter may be well insulated, but it does lose or gain heat during
measurement. The success of experiment depends generally on the ability to accurately estimate
this loss or gain and applying correction for it.
8.1.1. Solution Calorimeter
We would like to present here some of our first-hand experiences on the application of
calorimeter to the measurement of thermodynamic properties. We would like to start with the
measurement of heat of formation of Calcium Chromate (CaCrO
4
) from Calcium Oxide (CaO)
and Chromic Acid (CrO
3
). Fig. 8.1 presents schematically the calorimeter employed for this
purpose. The figure is self-explanatory. The constant temperature surrounding was maintained
by keeping the calorimeter assembly immersed in a thermostatically-controlled water bath
kept at 27
o
C. Since the protruding shafts resemble somewhat the shaft of a submarine and
since major part of the calorimeter is kept immersed in water, this type of calorimeter is
sometimes referred to as the Submarine Type Calorimeter. Further, a calorimeter kept within
a constant temperature surrounding, is referred to as an Isoperibol Calorimeter; peribol is a
Greek word meaning surroundings.
In separate experiments, each of the reactants and products (viz., CaO, CrO
3
and CaCrO
4
)
were dissolved in 6N hydrochloric acid (HCl) kept in the Dewar flask, which is the main
container of the calorimeter. Since CaO is unstable in normal atmosphere, it had to be prepared
and sealed in a thin wall glass bulb within a Dry Box where moisture and CO
2
-free atmosphere
is maintained. For maintaining uniformity, CrO
3
and CaCrO
4
were also sealed in thin-walled
glass bulbs. The sealed and weighed samples were attached to a glass rod, the other end of
which protruded out of the top of calorimeter in such a way that it could be manually rotated.
The sample containing bulbs were fixed in such a way that on rotating the glass rod by 90
,
the bulb could be struck against the wall of the calorimeter and broken so that the sample
could react with the calorimeter liquid (6N HCl).
The temperature changes were measured using the thermistor located inside the calorimeter
and its leads were taken out and connected to a Wheatstone Bridge comprising of Decade
Resistance Boxes (fine and accurate set of electrical resistances) and a moving coil
galvanometer.
A continuously operating mechanical stirrer ensured quick mixing of material inside the
calorimeter. Similar to the location of the thermistor, a calibrating resistance coil protected
with glass was kept inside the calorimeter for measuring the water equivalent of the calorimeter.
Calibrated current was passed for specified time and the temperature rise was monitored for
calculating the water equivalent.
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E
A. Dewar Flask
B. Po1ythene Lid
C. Copper Vessel
D. Copper Lid
E. Rubber Gasket
F. Centr .. 1 Chimney
G. Ball Bearing
H. Stirrer Shaft
Housing
B
1)---H
J . Glass Stirrer
K. Brass Sleeve
L. Vapour Seal
M. Beckmann
Thennometerl
Thennistor
N. hmple Chimney
P. Calibration Heater
Q. Heater Chimney
r - - + - + - ; ~ M
J
Figure 8.1 Acid sol ution calorimeter
59
60 Chemical and Metall urgical Thermodynamict
To correct for radiation loss and the continuous energy input through the continuously
operating mechanical stirrer. change in temperature was monitored for some period before
and after the addi ti on of sample or addition of calibrating energy. This period was normally
not less than half an hour. Generally it was well over an hour. These rates of changes of
temperature. before and after the experi mental heat input, gave the basi s for correction of
radiation and other contributors of heat input during the di ssolution or calibration experiment.
Figure 8.2 presents a typical temperature plot of the calorimeter. The vertical line drawn
in the middle of the graph indicates the point where the radiation loss and other energy inputs
are neutralised and thus the exact temperature rise due to sample addition or due to the input
of calibrating energy is obtained.
1
~

~
E
!'
Effective temperature of surroundings
K
E
Vc
End of reaction/energy Input
Corrected temperature Increase
D;2M
I ~ l p O i n t of sample addition/addition
~ of calibration energy
a
Time
Figure 8.2. The Integration method 01 Rossi ni
1
F

8.1.2. Results of Calorimetric Experiment Related to Calcium Chromate
The results obtained from the solution experiments are given in Table 8. 1. From the
results. the enthalpy change of the reaction
CaO(s) + crO,(s) = CaCr0
4
(s)
is given by
Mi = - 44,435 200 cals. at 27C
Warrenberg et at. (1937) have determined the heat of formation of CaCr0
4
using a heat
of neutralisation calorimeter and have reported the val ue - 49.75 keal for Mi. They have not
reported the limits of error in their measurement. But there is agreement between their value
and the value reported in the present work (Prasad & Abraham, 1970) taking into account
the error of 30oo calories, estimated for the results of Wartenberg. Subsequently, Jacob el al.
(1992) reestimated the value by EMF method and reported a val ue of 47.68 1.2 kCal.
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Table 8.1 Heats of Solution in 6N HCl at 27 C.
Substance Heat evolved (-H solution), Mean H solution,
(calories) (calories)
48,223 48,093 130
CaO 48,022
48,033
691 664 150
CrO
3
523
779
4,282 4,321 40
CaCrO
4
4,361
4,319
8.2. ACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS
The most common technique of measuring activities of oxide constituents (e.g., FeO in
solid solution with MnO) has been through equilibration with suitable gas mixtures. In case of
FeO-MnO, solid solutions, Foster and Welch (1956) equilibrated them with H
2
/H
2
O gas mixtures
in the temperature range 850 to 1150
o
C.
(FeO) + H
2
(g) = Fe + H
2
O(g)
F
= RT ln k
= RT ln [(a
Fe
* a
H
2
O
)/(a
FeO
* a
H
2
)]
= 4.576T log[(p
H
2
O
/p
H
2
)*(1/a
FeO
)]
where, (FeO) represents FeO dissolved in FeO- MnO solid solution. FeO and MnO are
completely miscible in the temperature range considered and both these constituents and
their solid solutions have NaCl type Face Centred Cubic or FCC crystal lattice structure.
Thus,
a
FeO
= e
( F /4.576T)
/(pH
2
/pH
2
O)
and by substituting the values of equilibrated p
H
2
/ p
H
2
O
ratio, absolute temperature and standard
free energy change of reaction, the activity values were computed. Their results indicated
ideal mixing behaviour in this system.
Schenck et al. (1929) had earlier used the same technique but used CO/CO
2
gas mixture
for equilibration. They had reported moderate positive deviation from ideality, which was
also confirmed by Swerdtfeger and Muan (1967). However, Engell (1962) reported a much
higher positive deviation using the solid electrolyte galvanic cell technique, about which we
would discuss in the next section.
The main uncertainty in the gas equilibration technique has been to judge accurately
whether equilibrium has really been achieved or not. Consequently, the extent of range of
error in such measurements is also difficult to estimate. It was, therefore, decided to check
and re-estimate the reported data with independent techniques.
8.2.1. The High Temperature Solid Electrolyte Galvanic Cell Technique
When dissimilar metals or electrodes are immersed in an electrolytic solution with
common ions, an electromotive force (EMF) develops between the electrodes. This is the
principle behind formation and working of galvanic cells. The EMF is characteristic of the
free energy change in ion exchange (i.e. the cell reaction).
F = n E F
a
where F = Free energy change for the cell reaction
n = number of Faradays to be passed across the cell to effect the cell reaction
E = Electromotive force developed in the cell
F
a
= Faraday Constant
The free energy of reaction can be related to activities. One condition here is that the
electrolyte should not conduct electricity through the flow of free electrons (as in the case of
metallic conductors) and the electricity transport is entirely through transport of ions.
Solid oxides and fluorides satisfy the same conditions, and when used as electrolyte for
forming solid state galvanic cells they are referred to as Solid Electrolytes.
These solid electrolytes have a very high resistance at room and moderate temperatures.
Therefore, they are suitable for forming galvanic cells only at high temperatures, generally
between 850 and 1150
o
C.
Engell (1962) studied the activities of FeO in FeO-MnO solid solutions, by setting up the
cell
Pt | Fe, FeO || ZrO
2
CaO || (Fe, Mn)O, Fe || Pt
Here (Fe, Mn)O represents the solid solution between FeO and MnO. An inert atmosphere
was required to be maintained to prevent oxidation of Fe (metal) and Fe
2+
. Zirconia, ZrO
2
is a
solid electrolyte, whose capacity to transport O
2
ions is enhanced by doping it with lime,
CaO. This doping of Ca
2+
ions in Zr
4+
matrix leads to creation of vacant spaces in the lattice
structure. These vacant spaces enable O
2+
ions to move more freely than it was otherwise
possible.
Here the cell reaction is
FeO = (FeO)
MnO
where, (FeO)
MnO
represents solid solution of FeO in MnO.
From free energy considerations we get
2E F
a
= RT ln a
FeO
M
A- Solid Electrolyte
N B, C- Oxide Pellets
IHIlI--!-F
0- Platinum Foils
E- Aluminlt Crucibel
F, G- Alumina Tubes
H. K- Platinum Leads
L- Silica Tube
M- Resistance Furnace
N- Glass T ..piece
R- Spring
S- Wooden Housing
Figure 8.3 Solid electrolyte cell assembley
63
By measuring the equilibrium EMF of thi s cell, Engel! (1962) reported high positive
deviation from ideality in this system. Seelharaman & Abraham (1968) used a simi lar technique
but used Thoria doped wi th Yttria as the solid electrolyte. They used the following cell
Pt I Fe + (Fe. Mn)O II ThO, - Y ,0, 11 Ni + NiO I Pt
Their results were in rough agreement with the values reported by Engell (1962). The
general arrangement of solid electrolyte cell assembly is presented in Fig. 8.3. Here, flow of
oxygen through the cell is indicated. which is required in some types of cells, as we shall see
later in the case of CaCr0
4
. In the preceding ex.amples, ox.ygen-free inert gas were required
and for that only the gas flow system had to be modified. The activity results for the FeO-
MnO system are presented in Fig. 8.4.
8.2.2. Fluoride Solid Eectrolytes
The fluorides of calcium. magnesium, lead and a few other metal fluorides. being strongl y
ionic compounds. have served as solid electrolytes for the purpose of activity measurements.
These fluorides naturally conduct electricity through fluoride ion (P-) transport. Single crystals
of these fluorides have wider temperature range of applicability, but polycrystalline electrolytes
have also been used successfully.
1.0 r--.-,--,-----,--,--,-----,--,--,---",
o
j"B
n 0.6
x
4:-

:
o x/ /",./
. / ,
/
'"
1
0.4
0.2
/ /
,," ".
o /' ".
/ ,
. / /
/ '
t:.. /' /' /'," x Seetharaman, 900 c
/ ,
/' /' 0 Engel!, 800 c I Series
/ /
,. / Engel!. 800 c 11 Series
/ '
/ ,/ -1:::.- Enge1l , 1000 ' C
/ /
/ '
,. /' ---- ScnwertdfegerandMuan 1300 "C
,. /' ,
/ '
1/ ------ Foster and Welch, 1100C
//
/'
.
MnO FeO
----------- NF.o
Figur. 8.4 Activities of FeO in \he system FeD-MnO
8.2.3. Galvanic Cells with CaF
2
Solid Electrolyte
CaF
2
solid electrolyte has been used to measure the free energy of formation of Calcium
Vandates. CaO.V
2
0
S
' 2CaO.V
2
0, and 3CaO.V
2
0
S
by measuring the elecITomotive forces of
the following cells (Prasad & Abraham, 197 J)
Pt.O, I CaO" CaF," 3CaO.V,o, + 2CaO.V,o, 1 PI.O,
Pt,0:213CaO.V:20s+ 2CaO.V:20, II CaF
2
112CaO.V
l
O,+ CaO.V
2
0,1 Pt,02
Pt,OlI2CaO.V
2
0, + CaO.VlO, 11 CaF211 CaO.V
2
0
S
+ V
2
0
S
' Pt,02
Pt,Oll CaO + 2CaO.V
l
O,1I CaF
2
112CaO.V
2
0
s
+ CaO.VlOs l Pt,02
and
Pt,Oll 3CaO.V
2
0
S
+ 2CaO.V
l
O
s
lI CaF211 CaO.V
2
0, + V
2
0
s
i Pt,02
Dry and CO
2
free atmosphere was maintained during the measurements by passing purified
oxygen gas continuously. Results of measurements are presented in Table 8.2.
Table 8.2. Free energy values calculated from e.m.f. measurements for the system CaO-V
2
O
5
A. Measured values
Cell reaction Temperature range of EMF, mV F (= 2EF
a
)
measurement (C) (calories)
CaO + 2CaO . V
2
O
5
= 650 750 517 5 23,850 230
3CaO .V
2
O
5
3CaO . V
2
O
5
+ CaO . V
2
O
5
= 500 550 73 5 3,370 230
2(2CaO . V
2
O
5
)
2CaO . V
2
O
5
+ V
2
O
5
= 500 550 190 5 8,770 230
2(CaO . V
2
O
5
)
CaO + CaO . V
2
O
5
= 650 550 596 5 27,495 230
2CaO . V
2
O
5
3CaO . V
2
O
5
+ V
2
O
5
= 550 259 5 11,950 230
2CaO . V
2
O
5
+ CaO . V
2
O
5
B. Calculated from the above experimental values
Reaction F (500 700 C) calories
CaO + V
2
O
5
= CaO .V
2
O
5
35,990 400
2CaO + V
2
O
5
= 2CaO .V
2
O
5
63,210 690
3CaO + V
2
O
5
= 3CaO .V
2
O
5
87,060 860
CaF
2
solid electrolyte has also been used for measuring free energy of formation of
calcium chromate by measuring the EMF of the following cell (Prasad & Abraham, 1970)
Pt,O
2
| CaO || CaF
2
|| Cr
2
O
3
+ CaCrO
4
| Pt,O
2
Here the cell reaction is
CaO + 1/2 Cr
2
O
3
+ 3/4 O
2
= CaCrO
4
Since oxygen is an essential part of this cell reaction, maintaining an atmosphere of pure
and dry oxygen is essential for obtaining a stable cell EMF. The results of these measurements
are presented in Table 8.3.
Table 8.3 Free energy values calculated from the e.m.f. measurement of the cell involving CaCrO
4
Cell assembly
Pt,O
2
(g) | CaO(s) || CaF
2
(s) || CaCrO
4
(s) + Cr
2
O
3
(s) | Pt, O
2
(g)
Cell reaction
CaO + 1/2Cr
2
O
3
+ 3/4 O
2
= CaCrO
4
Temperature EMF (mV) F (Calories)
C K
600 873 525 10 24,215 460
700 973 480 10 22,140 460
800 1073 437 2 20,110 90
Other than compounds, the activities of CaO in solid solutions have also been measured
using CaF
2
solid electrolyte. The CaO-CdO system is one such example. Here also CaO and
CdO are both having NaCl-type FCC lattice structure and are fully miscible in the entire
composition range. Through the measurement of EMF of the following cell, the activities of
CaO in the CaO-CdO solid solutions were determined (Prasad et al., 1975)
Pt,O
2
| CaO || CaF
2
|| (Ca,Cd)O | Pt,O
2
They also checked the compatibility of activities with heats of mixing through calorimetric
measurements. Both activities and enthalpies of mixing indicated ideal mixing in this system.
Results are presented in Table 8.4 and Fig. 8.5.
Table 8.4. Measured values of activities of CaO and heats of mixing in CaO-CdO solid solutions.
Cell assembly
Pt, O
2
(g) | CaO(s) || CaF
2
(s) || (Ca,Cd)O | Pt, O
2
(g)
Typical EMF data obtained with 50:50 CaO-CdO solid solution
Temperature (C) EMF (mV) a
CaO
800 35 2 0.48 0.03
840 36 0.47
850 36 0.5 0.48
870 37 1 0.47 0.01
(Contd...)
Activities of CaO in the system CaO-CdO
Temp. (C) Mole fraction CaO
0.25 0.39 0.5 0.6 0.75
550 0.24
660 0.255
750 0.395 0.595
800 0.42 0.48
850 0.385 0.47 0.615
935 0.58 0.757
970 0.42 0.487 0.629 0.741
1005 0.387 0.485 0.604 0.776
1030 0.394 0.509 0.585 0.734
Heats of mixing of CaO-CdO solid solution
Mole fraction Heats of mixing Mole fraction Heats of mixing
CdO (calories/mole) CdO (calories/mole)
0.2000 20 0.5000 57
196
212
0.3349 58 0.6101 207
6
130
146
0.4000 156 .7500 10
3
107 119
8.2.4. Galvanic Cells with MgF
2
Solid Electrolytes
MgF
2
solid electrolytes have also been used to measure activities of MgO in both
compounds (Magnesium Titanates Shah et al., 1970) and solid solutions involving MgO. In
the latter category, MgO-ZnO, MgO-CoO and MgO-NiO have been studies by Raghavan et
al. (1975) and Prasad (1971). Seetharaman (1970) has rechecked some of the results. He
found very good agreement in results obtained from the different techniques.
8.2.5. Gibbs Duhem Integration
In a system like MgO-NiO, the activities of MgO in the entire composition range were
measured by using MgF
2
solid electrolyte galvanic cell, while NiO activities were separately
determined using the oxide solid electrolyte galvanic cell. But mathematically, in such a
miscible system, for any state property, the partial molar property of one component
automatically fixes the partial molar property of the other component. Thus, if the partial
molar free energy (a measure of the activity) of one component is known over the entire
composition range, the corresponding partial molar free energy of the other component can
be mathematically calculated.
The process of calculating the partial molar property of one component from the
knowledge of partial molar property of the other component in a binary system, where the
integral molar property changes continuously with the composition, is referred to as the Gibbs
Duhem Integration.
Let us consider a state property G of a system of one mole consisting of N
A
mole fraction
of constituent A and N
B
mole fraction of constituent B. Let G
A
and G
B
be the corresponding
partial molar properties of A and B in the mixture or solution. Then by definition
G = N
A
G
A
+ N
B
G
B
and N
A
+ N
B
= 1
In case of an infinitesimal change in composition, G will change as per the following
dG = G
A
dN
A
+ G
B
dN
B
= G
A
dN
A
+ G
B
d (1 N
A
)
= G
A
dN
A
G
B
dN
A
or, dG = (G
A
G
B
) dN
A
The integral expression can be written as
G = N
A
G
A
+ (1 N
A
) G
B
= G
B
+ N
A
(G
A
G
B
)
On differentiating this expression we get
dG = dG
B
+ N
A
(dG
A
dG
B
) + (G
A
G
B
)dN
A
Substituting the previous expression for dG we get
(G
A
G
B
) dN
A
= dG
B
+ N
A
(dG
A
dG
B
) + (G
A
G
B
) dN
A
or dG
B
+ N
A
(dG
A
dG
B
) = 0
or dG
B
(1 N
A
) = N
A
dG
A
or dG
B
= (N
A
/(1 N
A
)) dG
A
Integrating, we get
G
B
=

(N
A
/(1 N
A
)) dG
A
for N
A
ranging from 0 to the given value.
The right hand expression can be graphically integrated to obtain the value of G
B
. This
expression is the area under the curve obtained by plotting N
A
/(1 N
A
) against G
A
. The
calculation process can best be illustrated through the following estimation of the activity of
MnO from the activity values of FeO presented in Fig. 8.4.
In case of a solution, like the FeO-MnO solid solution, the integral molar free energy of
mixing would be related to the partial molar values, as per their definition, in the following
manner:
mixing
F =
B B A A
F N F N +
and
A
F = RT ln a
A
also
B
F = RT ln a
B
Differentiating we get
F d =
B B B B A A A A
F d N dN F F d N dN F + + +
Since
mixing
F is a state property
F d =
B B A A
dN F dN F +
Combining the two equations we get
B B A A
F d N F d N + = 0
or RT N
A
d ln a
A
+ RT N
B
d ln a
B
= 0
Hence d ln a
B
= (N
A
/N
B
) d ln a
A
and ln a
B
= A B A
a d N N In ) / (
integrated within the limits N

A
= 0 to the required value of N
A
.
For evaluating this integration, it is more convenient to use
i.e., activity coefficient

terms, rather than simple activity. In
terms, the above equation reduces to

d ln (
B
N
B
) = (N
A
/N
B
) d ln (
A
N
A
)
or, d ln
B
+ d ln N
B
= (N
A
/N
B
)(d ln
A
+ d ln N
A
)
or, d ln
B
= (N
A
/N
B
) d ln
A
(N
A
/N
B
) d ln N
A
d ln N
B
or, ln
B
=

[(N
A
/N
B
) d ln
A
(N
A
/N
B
)(1/N
A
) d N
A
(1/N
B
) d N
B
]
integrated between the limits N
A
= 0 to the required value of N
A
.
As dN
A
+ dN
B
= 0,
Hence, ln
B
=

(N
A
/N
B
) d ln
A
integrated between the same limits.

70 Chemical and Metallurgical Thermodynamical
1.0 r--'-'--'--'-'--'--'-'--'-"7l
0.4
0.2
Temp., ' C
550 "
600

750 0
800 0
650
'" 93S
" 970
,
l00S
1030
..
0
," ..

00
.. / ..
,
/00
, '"
0 ..
.)0
"

CdO ClO
--------- Ncaa
Flgu,.. 8.5 Activities 01 CaO In the system Cao-CdO
Accordingly, the ratio NFedNMnO has been plotted against 10g[0 Y FeO in Fig.8.6. By
measuring areas under the curve in different ranges, log of activity coefficients of MnO, and
thereby its activities have been estimated. The latter have been plotted in Fig. 8.7.
10.0
1
60
6.0
l
4.0
1
20

0.00 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60
-- loglOY FeO -
Figure 8.6. Plot tor graphical estimation of log,0YMnO
10.0 ,.;:------------71
r
o
'" 6.0
.0

~ 4,0
2.0
Raoufts law lines
"'"
'MoO
calculated
0.0 " ' - - - ~ - - ~ - ~ - - ~ - - ' "
0.00
MoO
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8
--- N,,,, - - ~ . ~
1.0
,.0
FIgure 8.7 Estimation of activities of MnO in FeQ..MnO system by Gibbs Duhem integration
8.2.6. Use of Solid State Galvanic Cells In Metal Extraction and Refining
71
Steel making is a controlled oxidation process. With the advent of oxygen lancing. refining
times have become very short. It is now necessary to quickly assess whether the desired
oxidation level, or the oxygen activity, has been attained in the liquid steel bath. Disposable
oxygen probes utilising the high-temperature solid electrolyte galvanic cells have come in
handy and are now widely used to assess the completion of oxygen blowing in the steel
refining process.
Rourkela Steel Plant of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) introduced the use of
"Celox" oxygen sensors in 1984. Celox sensors' made by MIs Electronite Corporation of
Belgium was selected in view of its superi or past performances as compared to other
commerciall y avai lable sensor like FEA probe of University of Pittsburgh, USA; Oxytip.
IRSID. France and Oxypac made by ASEA. Sweden.
The Celox cell consists of a closed end solid electrolyte tube made of zi rconia stabilised
with magnesium oxide (MgO). Cr + Cr203 is used as the reference electrode. PtlPt-Rh(lO%)
thermocouple is used for in situ temperature measurement and the PI lead also serves as the
lead for the cell for EMF sensing. The lance is dipped into liquid steel for measuring oxygen
potential. Liquid steel acts as the second electrode of the cell. As mentioned earlier. these are
disposable type and can be used only once.
Celox sensors are now being used regularly in almost all the Indian steel plants. By
determining the oxygen activity the steel makers are able to judge more accurately the quantity
of deoxidisers required for deoxidation of liquid steel. This has helped in reducing the
production cost of steel by minimising the quantity of deoxidisers and also improving the
quality of steel produced through maintaining proper refining regime during steel making.
Probes for measuring oxygen potential in liquid copper have been successfully developed
and used in laboratory scale (Abraham, 1967). Many industrial copper smelting and refining
units in Europe have been successfully using magnesia-stabilised zirconia probes using air as
the reference electrode.
Development of the subject of thermodynamics, as the readers might have noted, has
been based on facts, some commonly observed facts, while others have been experimentally
determined findings. These observations of facts have been at macrolevels, and have been
summarised into the different laws of Thermodynamics. While the applicability of these laws
at micro level can be a matter of debate, but logically the thermodynamic properties of the
system determined at macro level, should be derivable from the properties of particles
constituting the system. The method and principle behind this derivation forms the basis of
Statistical Thermodynamics a special branch of thermodynamics.
Any system above zero absolute temperature has particles atoms and molecules in
constant motion. Atoms and molecules in a gaseous system possess the maximum variety of
motion transport, spin, vibratory, etc. These particles constantly interact with each other and
at each interaction, quantum of motion of all these types change and in a very random
manner as number of particles involved are huge (about 6 * 10
23
in a g.mole). If such
interactions are all mechanical interaction (i.e., free from chemical or similar changes, such as
particles getting associated, or breaking up during interactions), the system remains amenable
to statistical interpretation of thermodynamic properties.
9.1. BERNOULLIS INTERPRETATION
One of the earliest attempts of interpreting properties of systems based on states of
atoms or molecules constituting the system, was made by Bernoulli in 1738. He considered
an ideal gas within a cylinder and a piston similar to what is presented in Fig. 4.1. He considered
the force exerted by the piston to be balanced by the pressure of the gas and he considered the
pressure to be generated by the impact of gas molecules on piston and the consequent
momentum change. He reasoned that when volume decreases, the average distance between
molecules would decrease as the cube root of volume ratio, and the number of impact on the
piston on this account would increase by the same ratio. On the other hand the number of
particles adjacent to the piston will increase as per the area ratio which can be expressed as
Statistical Thermodynamics:
An Introduction
Chapter- 9
the square of the cube root of volume ratio. Combining the two factors together he concluded
that pressure varies as per the following:
P V
1/3
* V
2/3
This exactly is the statement of Boyles Law i.e.,
P.V = Constant
9.2. INTERPRETATION OF ENTROPY
Statistical Thermodynamic treatment of a system is based on the simple presumption
that the system is made of smaller parts, the properties of the whole can be deduced from the
properties of the smaller parts. This statement can be conceived and accepted very easily. But
what are these smaller parts. By early 1900 the concepts of particle nature of matter and wave
nature of energy (electromagnetic radiation) were well established. But soon after it was
found that energy transfer takes place in quantas or particle like manner. Thus individual
particles atoms or molecules within a system exist possessing different energy levels.
Number of these energy levels in a real system are too large to conceive, but the particles can
be conceived to be existing at any instant in groups each group having particles in the
same energy level or the same micro-state. After each interaction between a pair of particles,
momentum is exchanged, and the interacting particles change their microstate and pass onto
different microstates. The overall property of the system would be the weighted sum total of
the properties of the microstates. Both the particles, and the microstates they exist in, are so
large in real systems that the property of the system would be governed almost entirely by the
property of the most populous microstate, which would, in turn, point to the most probable
macrostate.
When dealing with a very large number of molecules the probability of any distribution
other than the most probable and populous becomes very small. The molecules may then be
regarded as being distributed according to the most probable distribution.
The plot of the population of microstates against energy levels of the microstates would
give an inverted bell shaped plot (normal distribution; Fig. 9.1). The difference here is when
total number of molecules increase, width of bell becomes thinner and thinner. At extremely
large number of molecules (of the order of N
a
or 6*10
23
) the width becomes so thin that it
becomes almost a vertical line.
We may be tempted to call the group of particles existing in a microstate as a subsystem.
But the word system has such a connotation which has led scientists to use, instead, a term
Ensemble basically meaning a group. In classical thermodynamics, we say that (as per
zeroeth law) two systems in thermal equilibrium with a third system are in thermal equilibrium
with each other; and the same can be attributed to subsystems, but not to ensembles.
Let the energy levels of the molecules be denoted by the symbols e
1
, e
2
, e
3
, etc. and
these levels are occupied by n
1
, n
2
, n
3
, .. molecules such that the total number of molecules
equal N
a
(we are considering molar volume of an ideal gas). If the total energy of the system
be U then
Statistical Thermodynamics: An Introduction 75
and
1
Very high number of molecules
I
Highet number of molecules
..
i
It.
low number of molecules
Energy levels of different microstates

Figure 9.1 Energy level distribution chart 01 an Ideal gas
(shows that macro properties are governed by the most populous micro-state)
At constant temperature and pressure, U would have a fixed value. Thus, even though
the values of individual n/s are changing with time (i.e., changing with each collisiQ.n), the
sum total of energies of individual molecules remain constant. The above two equations are
in fact boundary conditions imposed on n i and E/n/.
This normal distribution of population of molecules is represented, as per classical
mechanics, by the following equation
n . = n *e( - i.;lk.T)
, ,
where no is the number of molecules in the lowest energy level and T is the absolute temperature
of the system.
This distribution equation is known as the Maxwell-Boltzman distribution.
It can be further shown by classical mechanics that
n = N I'" i -t(I J:.T) = N IQ
o a . u
where
Q is referred to as the Partition Function. All thermodynamic functions can be expressed
as functions of Q. Evaluation of Q thus makes it possible to calculate Gibbs & Helmohltz free
energies, entropy, internal energy, etc.
9.3. THERMODYNAMIC PROBABILITY
The number of microstate in such a system (W) would be given by (using method of
permutation and combination)
W = n! / n
i
! where n
i
! refers to the product of all n
i
!
Conceiving n! and n
i
! is not easy, but it suffices at this point to assume that W (number of
microstate) deals with arrangement of molecules into different microstates.
W is referred to as Thermodynamic Probability. This nomenclature is a little difficult
to digest, since in Probability Theory we say that maximum possible probability value is 1
(one), which refers to the certainty of a particular event. All other less probable events have
probability values less than one. On the other hand, thermodynamic probability, W has a
minimum value of 1 and for real systems the values are too large to be easily conceivable
multiples of a number of term s, each of the order of N
a
,

approximately 6*10
23
.
By applying the analogy that entropy is related to the randomness of the system we can
say that entropy is a function of the term W.
S = f (W)
By applying the principle of maximisation of entropy in mixing, and extended
mathematical derivation, the following differential equation can be derived
W.d
2
S/dW
2
+ dS/dW = 0
which leads to
S = C
1
ln W + C
2
where C
1
and C
2
are integration constants.
Plank postulated that the second constant is zero and later showed that C
1
is same as k.
The relation thus became
S = k ln W
where k is called the Boltzman Constant and is related to Gas Constant and Avogadros Number
as given below
k = R/N
a
Since,
W= n!/ n
i
!
and ln W= ln n! ln n
i
!
Using Stirlings approximation, i.e.,
ln n! = n ln n n (for large n)
Statistical Thermodynamics: An Introduction 77
we get,
ln W= (n ln n n) - (n
i
ln n
i
n
i
)
For one mole of ideal gas
n = N
a
, and
ln W= (N
a
ln N
a
N
a
) (n
i
ln n
i
n
i
)
= N
a
ln N
a
n
i
ln n
I
since n
i
= N
a
Hence, S = k (N
a
ln N
a
n
i
ln n
i
)
9.4. IDEAL MIXING OF GASES
Let us consider ideal mixing of two gases A and B. For convenience we are taking
molecules of A (n
A
) and B (n
B
) in such a way that on mixing a molar volume is obtained; i.e.
n
A
+ n
B
= N
a
.
For gas A
W
A
= n
A
!/ n
i
!
and S
A
= k ln W
A
= k (ln n
A
! S ln n
i
!)
= k {(n
A
ln n
A
n
A
) (n
i
ln n
i
n
i
)}
= k (n
A
ln n
A
n
A
n
i
ln n
i
+
n
i
)
But
n
i
= n
A
Hence, S
A
= k (N
a
ln n
a
n
i
ln n
i
)
Similarly for gas B
W
B
= n
B
!/ n
j
!
and S
B
= k (n
B
ln n
B
n
j
ln n
j
)
The possible energy states of molecules of B are different from the possible energy
states of molecules of A, since the species are different and the molecules are able to take up
different energy configurations.
We have, therefore, used a different subscript
j
to denote these different possible energy
levels.
On mixing the gases we get 1 mole of the mixture containing N
a
molecules. If the mixing
takes place ideally i.e., if mixing is random and without any association of molecules, we get,
for the mixture, by method of Permutation and Combination,
W
mixture
= N
a
! / (
n
i
! *
n
j
!)
and S
mixture
= k (N
a
ln N
a
n
i
ln n
i
n
j
ln n
j
)
Hence, S
mixture
= k [(N
a
ln N
a
n
A
ln n
A
n
B
ln n
B
)
( n
i
ln n
i
+ n
j
ln n
j
n
i
ln n
i
n
j
ln n
j
)]
= k (N
a
ln N
a
n
A
ln n
A
n
B
ln n
B
)
If we denote mole fraction of A and B in the mixture as N
A
and N
B
,
N
A
= n
A
/N
a
i.e., n
A
= N
A
* N
a
Similarly n
B
= N
B
* N
a
and N
A
+ N
B
= 1
Hence, S
mixture
= k (N
a
ln N
a
N
A
N
a
ln N
A
N
a
N
B
N
a
ln N
B
N
a
)
= k (N
a
ln N
a
N
A
N
a
ln N
A
N
A
N
a
ln N
a
N
B
N
a
ln N
B
N
B
N
a
ln N
a
)
= k.N
a
{ ln N
a
(N
A
ln N
a
+ N
B
ln N
a
)
(N
A
ln N
A
+ N
B
ln N
B
)}
= k.N
a
{ln N
a
(ln N
a
) (N
A
+ N
B
) (N
A
ln N
A
+ N
B
ln N
B
)}
= R (ln N
a
ln N
a
(N
A
ln N
A
+ N
B
ln N
B
)}
= R (N
A
ln N
A
+ N
B
ln N
B
)
which is the same relationship as derived earlier by classical methods.
In a similar manner, many of the classical thermodynamic relationships and properties
can be derived by statistical techniques. Thus, the macro thermodynamic properties are
derivable from statistical concepts.
In addition, many thermodynamic properties can be estimated taking clues from the
molecular properties and applying concepts from statistical thermodynamics.
The thermodynamic properties, especially the free energy change of a reaction, establishes
whether a particular reaction is feasible or not, but it does not indicate at what rate the reaction
would takes place. To enhance the rates of chemical reaction, increasingly higher temperatures
have been employed over the years, as in the case of extraction of iron, and it has resulted in
greater success of the indirect processes over the more direct sponge iron making processes.
But persistent attempt at enhancing the rate of solid state reduction process has led to re-
emergence and commercial success of the lower temperature and solid state reduction
processes, such as the sponge iron making process. Although the attempts at enhancing the
rate of solid state reduction has largely been by trial and error, but the science of the study of
Chemical Reaction Kinetics (or simply Reaction Kinetics) has been a significant contributor.
For further enhancement of rates, Reaction Kinetics is expected to play a key role in future.
Normally the subject of Reaction Kinetics would not form part of a monograph on
Thermodynamics. However, there is another school of thought, which says that thermodynamics
and kinetics are inseparable. Kinetics alone cannot be understood properly without any
understanding of chemical thermodynamics, as can be seen from the discussions later in this
chapter. The main purpose of inclusion of a section on reaction kinetics has been to give an
easy introduction of this subject to the reader. Most of the books on Reaction Kinetics get into
involved aspects of the subject right from the beginning. This section has been meant to give
an initial and easy understanding of this subject. Another reason why we have decided to
include this section is that, even though kinetics decides the rate of reaction, the driving force
is decided by thermodynamics; for example, the free energy change, the equilibrium constant
or the partial pressure. Any study of the rate of real process has to take into account both the
thermodynamic properties and the kinetic factors.
10.1. FACTORS AFFECTING REACTION RATES
As implied earlier, the science of Reaction Kinetics studies rates of chemical reaction.
Chemical reaction rates (meaning mass of reactants transformed per unit time) generally depend
Reaction Kinetics
Chapter- 10
on the following:
Concentrations (or more accurately the thermodynamic activities) of reactants
Temperature of reaction increase in temperature increases reaction rate
Physical state of reactants whether in a gaseous phase or in a solution (homo-
geneous reactions) or in separate phases (heterogeneous reaction as in a sponge
iron rotary kiln) whether in solid blocks (low surface area) or in powder, colloidal
or emulsion form (high surface area). Higher the surface area, higher are the reaction
sites and therefore higher are the reaction rates.
Presence of Catalyst or Inhibitor
Means of excitation Light, Ultraviolet or Radioactive Radiation, etc.
10.2. RATE LAW AND ORDER OF REACTION
The most simple reaction is where one constituent breaks up into a number of product
constituents; e.g.,
A = B + C + D + . . . . . .
If there is no appreciable reverse reaction then rate of reaction is represented by
d [A]/dt, where parentheses [] represents concentration of the constituent A. The sign is
negative because the concentration of A is decreasing.
Rate Law states that the rate of reaction is proportional to the concentration of the
reactant(s). Hence,
d [A]/dt = k [A]
k is referred to as the Velocity Constant of reaction
or d [A]/[A] = kdt
Integrating we get
ln [A ] = kt + C
If, in the beginning (i.e., when t = 0), [A] = [A]
o
,
then, C = ln [A]
o
and ln ([A]/[A]
o
) = kt
or [A]/[A]
o
= e
kt
If, in time t, x amount of A has reacted, then,
[A] = [A]
o
x
and [A]
o
x = [A]
o
e
kt
or x = [A]
o
(1 e
kt
)
On the other hand,
k = (1/t) ln ( [A]
o
/ [A] ) = (2.303/t) log { ([A]
o
x)/[A]
o
}
Reaction Kinetics 81
= (2.303/t) log (1 x/[A]
o
) )
A plot of log (1 x/[A]
o
) against time t would be a straight line with a slope of k/2.303
from which value of k can be calculated. This particular relationship is said to hold for what is
called a First Order Reaction.
10.3. BIRTH OF THE RATE LAW OR LAW OF MASS ACTION
In 1799, Proust propounded the Law of Constant Proportions which stated that elements
combine in definite proportions by weight and the composition of a pure chemical compound
thus formed is independent of the method by which it is prepared. Bertholet opposed this law
bitterly and spent next nearly 60 years trying to bring evidences against it only to be rebutted
one by one. In his quest for gathering such evidences, it finally dawned on him and his co-
workers that he had been bringing up evidences of partial combination and the extent of
combination, in some way, depended on the concentrations of the reactants used. From these
results, Guldberg and Waage in 1864 deduced the Law of Mass Action, also known as the
Rate Law. This law stated that the rate at which a substance reacts is proportional to its active
mass, and the velocity of a chemical reaction is proportional to the product of the active
masses of the reactants. The active mass was assumed to be proportional to the molar
concentration, as has been used in derivation in the last section.
10.4. UNIMOLECULAR REACTION & FIRST ORDER REACTION
In the derivation of section 10.2 we have taken the example of a unimolecular reaction,
i.e., a single molecule of A breaks into a number of molecules. We have also said that the final
derivation
log(1 x/[A]
o
) = (k/2.303) t
is applicable to a first order reaction.
By a similar logic, for a bimolecular reaction of the type
A + B = C + D + .......
and starting with equal concentrations of A and B (i.e., [A]
o
= [B]
o
) we get the relationship
1/(1 x/[A]
o
) = 1 + akt
and this applies to a second order reaction.
Hence, although the concept of Order of Reaction has evolved from the molecularity
of reaction, but they need not be the same. While molecularity refers to the number of molecules
involved in a chemical reaction, the order of reaction must be derived from the study of the
variation of reaction rates with time, concentration and (as we shall see later) temperature.
10.5. DECOMPOSITION OF AN OXIDE
Let us consider a chemical reaction where an oxide breaks into its elements.
MO = M + O
2
Degree of reduction, in such a case, is defined by the ratio of oxygen removed from the
oxide to the total removable oxygen. and is represented by the symbol . Thus,
= 1 [MO]/[MO]
o
and a plot of log(1 ) with t at any given temperatures should give a straight line with a
slope of k/2.303 from which the value of velocity constant of reaction at that temperature can
be calculated. This way the reaction is found to be of the first order. But if the plot is not a
straight line, the reaction is not of first order, even though it remains a unimolecular reaction.
Very often the reactions take place in a number of steps and are much more complex than
what they appear at first glance. We shall see later that the reduction of iron oxide to metallic
iron in a rotary kiln is also highly complex and the actual mechanism of reaction can only be
conjectured at the moment.
10.5.1. Degree of Reduction
We have defined degree of reduction in the last section. If we take that definition literally
for different types of iron oxides (such as hematite and magnetite) it would become highly
difficult to compare results from different sets of experiments.
For circumventing this problem, we define = 0 for that iron oxide where all iron
atoms are present as Fe
2
O
3
molecules. If we have to start a study with a sample of, say,
magnetite i.e., we say that the sample, to start with, is already 11.11% reduced and =
0.1111. It becomes easier to compare results of different studies while using such a basis for
defining degree of reduction.
10.6. TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF VELOCITY CONSTANT:
THE ARRHENIUS EQUATION
We have so far dealt with velocity constants of reactions at a particular temperature. In
1887 Arrhenius postulated that the velocity constant k of chemical reactions change with
temperature as per the relationship
k = Ce
E/RT
E is referred as the activation energy and it can be visualised as a barrier (an energy
barrier) to the chemical reaction (Fig.10.1). Reacting molecules must acquire, during random
collisions, interactions or excitation, enough energy so that it is able to cross the dam-like
barrier and form the product. An increase in temperature would mean that molecules in general
have acquired higher energy and there is an increased probability of greater number of
molecules crossing that barrier in a given time.
Reaction Kinetics
1
r
w
A
Transition state
/
". ... ----......
, ,
, ,
/
\
\
\
\
\
\
\
\
Activation energy barrier
Barrier is
reduced i n
presence of a
catalysl
B+C+O+.
Reaction path
Flgur. 10.1 Schematic diagram representing activation energy barrier and the effect 01 a catalyst
Thus,
In k = C' - E/RT
or log k = C" - (E/4.576)(IID
83
where Rand E are expressed in calories. Thus, for evaluating E, we need to plot log k against
liT and measure the slope of the resulting straight line.
10.7. EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION OF ACTIVATION ENERGY
In case of decomposition of an oxide as described in section 10.5, plots of degree of
reduction against time would be of the type given in Fig. 10.2. These plots for different
temperatures are experimentally determined. Various experimental techniques are followed
to obtain the desi red results. but Thermogravimetry is a quick and convenient method if
adequate precautions are taken.
.. Chemical and Metallurgical Thermodynamics
1

s

e
0

_----T,

2l
Tlme (t>----
Figure 10.2 Typical plots of degree 01 reduction with l ime at different temperatures
Once these results are obtained then - a) values are ploned against time t, and
they should be straight Jines if the reaction is of first order. If reasonable linearity is observed
then their slopes are measured (Fig. 10.3) to obtain k or velocity constant values. Thereafter.
log k values are plotted against liT (reciprocal of absolute temperatures), and slope of this
plot is a measure of activation energy. In fact. in caloric terms, the slope is equal to -EI4.576.
where E is the aCtivation energy (Fig. 10.4).
1
T,
T,
T,
Tlme (I)
Flgur. 10.3 PlOt of - 109(1-0.) with time (s\ralghilines denote first order reaction)
If plots in Fig. 10.3 are not straight lines the reaction is not of first order. For second
order reaction. instead of - log ( I - a. ). a different function of a needs to be plotted along the
Y-axis. This function is 1/(1 - a). This time the plots would be straight lines. but not passing
through the origi n.
T,
1
T,
Slope .. -E/4.576
T,
1IT
Filiure 10.4 Plot of log of velocity constant a!l&inst reciprocal of absolute temperature (ArrheniU$ Plot)
t
Zero order
First order
Seoond order

Third order
0.00
Figure 10.5 Reduced time plOts lor different orders 01 reaction
Instead of trying to find out the order of reaction by trial and error, a short cut is normally
applied by using what is called a reduced time plot. In this plot is plotted against a
dimensionless time, which is obtained by taking ratio of the actual time with the time required
to attain = 0.5. On the plot obtained experimentally, theoretical plots of reaction by different
mechanisms are superimposed and then the matching with a particular mechanism can be
quickly observed. Many times in a particular reduction region, one mechanism may be
followed, which would be giving way to another mechanism in another region, and this also
can be deduced by comparing with standard plots (Fig. 10.5).
10.8. VARIATION OF REACTION RATE WITH TEMPERATURE
The treatment presented in the proceeding sections is applicable to the rates of reactions.
First order and second order reactions have been discussed. Reaction can be of higher order
(third order and above) as also of fractional order. Reactions can also be of zero order where
there is no effect of concentration on reaction rate. But we hardly ever come across such a
reaction.
There is a thumb-rule often quoted for metallurgical reactions, according to which if we
increase temperature by 10 C, chemical reaction rates get doubled. It is very unclear as to
how this thumb-rule came into prominence. On analysing the variation in velocity constant at
about 1000 C we find that the above reasoning holds only if the activation energy is of the
order of 220 kCal/mole.
Let us take the example of iron oxide reduction in solid state by carbon monoxide, as it
happens in the sponge iron making process.
FeO + CO = Fe + CO
2
Even though it is a bimolecular reaction, a large majority of researchers who investigated
it experimentally, have reported it to be of first order. The activation energy values though,
vary very widely, and are much lower than that expected from other similar reaction. It is
reasoned that the metallic iron which initially forms, catalyses and therefore enhances further
reaction. If the activation energy value is in the range of about 55-60 kCal/mole, then the
reduction rate would be enhanced by only 20% when temperature is increased by 10 C.
10.9. ROLE OF DIFFUSION
In case of a gas-solid reaction, as in the example cited in the last section on sponge iron
making, the reaction product, if solid, tends to form a barrier in the interaction process. The
gaseous species has to diffuse through the product layer in order that further reaction is
continued. Alternatively, the solid reactant may dissolve in the product layer, or in some other
way diffuse through the product layer to interact with the gas phase. If these diffusion rates
are sufficiently fast, the reactions may still proceed, with the chemical reaction rate being the
controlling step, and activation energy of the chemical reaction would determine the variation
of reaction rate with .temperature. This probably happens in the sponge iron making process
as a majority of researchers have reported this process of sponge iron making to be "Chemical
Reaction Rate Controlled."
But if diffusion rates are too slow the activation energy of chemical reaction would not
have any role in the progress of reaction and we would have a situation where the progress of
reaction is "Diffusion Controlled." In intervening regions where both chemical reaction rate
and rates of diffusion have influence on overall progress of reaction we say that the reaction
progress is in the "Mixed Control" domain.
We would not discuss here the diffusion mechanisms and diffusion controlled processes.
The treatment in complex and other comprehensive documents may be referred for this purpose.
We would only emphasi se the need to find means to circumvent diffusion steps in reactions
involving condensed phases (either solids or liquids) as diffusion barriers often make industrial
exploitation of process unviable.
10.10. HOW SPONGE IRON MAKING IS A FIRST ORDER REACTION?
Double arrow __ ._depicts mass transport
FIgure 10.6 A possible mechanism of pore lormation during reduction 01 Iron Oxide
As mentioned earlier that although the following reaction
FeO + CO = Fe + CO
2
is bimolecular, a very large number of researchers have found it to be of first order. A few
reasons may be responsible for this observation.
FeO being in condensed phase, its activity (representing concentration) does not
change with time and therefore only the concentration of CO is affecting the rate of
reduction.
The reaction is, in some way, being catalysed. Many say that the catalysis is by the
iron metal, which is produced in the reaction. During catalysis, an intermediate
single molecule is formed, which then breaks into the products. Therefore, the reaction
is of the first order.
Largely following the second reasoning, a hypothesis on the mechanism of reduction
has been presented in Fig. 10.6. Since there is large volume reduction (over 50%) during
sponge iron making, a lot of pores form on the product layer, which is formed by the reduction
on surface of iron ore lump or pellet. While these pores facilitate easier access to reducing
gases, it is not necessary for CO molecules to actually meet FeO molecules to effect further
reduction. Carbon and oxygen have significant solubilities in metallic iron. The dissolved
carbon and oxygen atoms within the metal layer probably form an associated molecule (CO
dissolved in metallic iron), which get liberated on the surface to give CO gas and thereby
effecting the reduction of FeO.
2CO(g) = CO
2
(g) + [C]
Here parentheses [] mean that the constituent is dissolved in Fe
m
layer.
FeO(s) = [Fe] + [O]
x[C] + x[O] = [CO]
x
[CO]
x
= x CO(g)
It is open to future researchers to investigate and prove or disprove this hypothesis. At
the time of writing, it appears to be a plausible hypothesis.
Definitions of Selected Terms
1. Isothermal Process : Constant temperature process dT = 0
2. Isochoric Process : Constant volume process dV = 0
3. Isobaric Process : Constant pressure process dP = 0
4. Adiabatic Process : Constant heat process dQ = 0
5. Enthalpy (H) : H = E + PV
6. Entropy (S) : dS = dQ
rev
/T
7. Work Function, Helmholtz Free Energy (A) : A = E TS
8. Free Energy, Gibbs Free Energy (F) : F = H TS
Epilogue
An expen rearu:r will surely note many shoncomings oflhe book ifhe is keen on a rompN:hensive
TIle a uthors. ho,,",'cver, had a different objective. TIley did not include detailed discussions of all
to}pics because lhey wanted to present a 'comprehensible'texl and not a 'romprehensivc' OI\C, l1Icn:
an: many books on mctallurgkal Illermodynamics already and then: may not be !ICed for Inolller
comprehensive textbook.
Thermodynamics has CV<llved out of inspired mathematical reasotling and critical Obsef'/alions of
some common phenomena. To the student who is fil'$t introduted to the subje<.:t, many existing textbooks
make the subject complicated and formidable. The authOt1l believe IlIall he", is need to fi rst make the
SIOOent familiar with the fundamental COnttpls in a simple way withoul ","enficing scientific . igou .
For cemu.ie!. many chemical and metallurgical prooesstS were essentially througll
I.ial and error. Industries held valuable secn:1S by their OJICratOl1l dlcr ycal'$ of expcrien.
Those procCS$eS, however, wen: undcrslood and using the undel'$tanding of basic conc:epts
of free cne'llies. activity coefficients. interaction pararnetel'$ etc. In decades, however. newer
processes have developed on theorelical calculations to start with rather than trial and error.
An alomic reaClor cannOt be bui II by lrial and elTQr.
Grasp of Iheory needs. tirst. the understanding of the basic concepls and prin<:iples. TlIe presem
text is an attempt to help the n:ackr undel'$tand the concepts quickly and easily. TlIose who have been
exposed to the subject of thermodynamics can recapitUlate their knowledge and study the text 10 clear
doubts.
The aulhors would be happy if the tex! serves the purpose mentioned and would welcome
commentS and su&b"(:stions from the regarding mistakes, ambiguities and any oth shortcomings.
""
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Subject and Key Word Index
Absolute Temperature 7, 34, 56, 61, 73, 75,
84
Absolute Zero 1, 42
Activity, Thermodynamic Activity 45, 46, 47,
50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 61, 62, 63,
66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 80, 87
Henrian 51, 52
Coefficient 51, 52, 53, 69, 70
Adiabatic, Adiabatically, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22,
23, 24, 26, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 43, 44
Bang, Big 8
Calorie 26
Calorimeter 25, 26, 57, 58, 59, 60
Carnots Cycle 30, 31, 34, 35, 38, 43
Classical Thermodynamics 1, 13, 74, 78
Condensed Phase see Phase
Critical Temperature, 14, 15
Dewar Flask see Thermo-flask
Differential, Exact 11, 16, 34
Disorder 5, 6, 7, 8, 34, 41
Ellingham Diagram 40, 46
Energy
Free see Free Energy
Bound 7, 8, 39
Ensemble 74
Enthalpy, Heat Content 7, 8, 17, 20, 22, 23,
24, 25, 26, 42, 57, 60
Entropy 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36,
37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 50, 55, 56, 57, 74,
76
Equilibrium, Thermodynamic Equilibrium 2, 4,
7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 38, 39, 42,
43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 50, 53, 54, 55, 57,
62, 63, 74, 79
Exact Differential see Differential
Explosion Temperature 24, 25
Extensive Properties 11, 12, 47
Feasibility 2, 3, 7, 8, 34, 38, 40, 45, 46, 52,
54, 55
First Law 1, 3, 14, 16, 17, 20, 23, 24, 27, 29,
50
First Order Reaction 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87,
88
Flame Temperature 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Free Energy, Gibbs Free Energy 2, 7, 8, 39,
40, 43, 45, 47, 50, 53, 55, 56, 57, 61,
62, 64, 65, 68, 69, 79
Fugacity 45, 46, 50, 51
Gibbs Free Energy see Free Energy
Gibbs-Duhem Integration 68
Gramatom, Grammole 12, 56
Heat Capacity 16, 17, 21, 23, 25, 26, 57
Heat Content see Enthalpy
Heat Engines 1, 4, 5, 13, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32,
35, 36, 43, 44
Efficiency of 27, 28, 29, 32
Reversible 28, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36
Helmholtz Free Energy see Work Function
Henrys Law see Law
Hesss Law 20, 21, 23
Integral molar property 68, 69
Intensive Properties 11, 12, 14
Interaction Coefficient 52, 53, 57
Internal Energy 7, 16, 17, 42, 76
Irreversible Process (also see Spontaneous
Process), 18, 38
Isoperibol 25, 26, 58
Isothermal, Isothermally, 7, 14, 18, 19, 20,
25, 26, 31, 34, 36, 37, 44
Kirchoffs Relationship 23, 24
Laplace, Rule of Lavoisier and 20
Lavoisier see Laplace
Law(s)
Boyles 74
First see First Law
Gas 11, 24, 50
Hesss see Hesss Law
Henrys 49, 50, 51, 52, 53
Raoults 49, 50, 51
Rate 80, 81
Second see Second Law
Third see Third Law
Zeroth see Zeroeth Law
of Mass Action 81
Molar Properties, Molar Volume 11, 12, 48,
56, 74, 77, 81
Molecularity of Reaction 81
Order of reaction, 80, 81, 86
Partial Molar Properties, Partial Molar Free
Energy 45, 47, 48, 68, 69
Phase, 6, 10, 15, 17, 26, 42, 45, 46, 47, 81,
86
Condensed 6, 41, 46, 50, 87
Rule 15
Raoults Law see Law
Reversible, Reversible Operation, Reversible
Processes, Thermodynamic
Reversibility 4, 5, 6, 18, 19, 27, 28,
29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 43,
44, 45
Second Law 1, 4, 14, 16, 27, 28, 29, 30, 44
Specific Volume see Volume
Spontaneous Process (also see Irreversible
Process) 6,
Standard State 42, 46, 47, 51, 52, 53
State, State Function/Properties 4, 5, 6, 10,
11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 28, 31, 33, 34, 36,
37, 38, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 51, 52,
53, 54, 62, 68, 69, 71, 73, 74, 76, 77,
79, 80, 86
Statistical Thermodynamics 2, 13, 73, 74, 78
Surroundings 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 16, 23, 26, 36,
37, 38, 39, 44, 58
System 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16,
17, 18, 20, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 34,
36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48,
50, 51, 54, 56, 61, 63, 66, 68, 73, 74,
75, 76
Thermit Welding 41
Thermochemistry 14, 20
Thermodynamic Activity see Activity
Thermodynamic Equilibrium see Equilibrium
Thermodynamic Reversibility see Reversible
Process
Thermo-Flask, Dewar Flask, 10, 58, 59
Third Law 1, 34, 42
Universe 6, 8, 36, 37, 38, 39, 56
Volume, Specific Volume, 11, 12, 16, 17, 19,
20, 24, 25, 27, 30, 31, 40, 41, 43, 44,
47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 56, 73, 74, 77, 88
Welding see Thermit Welding
Work 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19,
25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 38,
43, 44
Work-function, Helmholtz Free Energy 7, 40
Zeroeth Law 1, 4, 14, 74

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