Talk:Equation of state

'03 thru '05 talk

Hi How can I find Boils tempurates according to Radling - Coene equation

Hello, I was looking for the binary interaction parameters of Hydrogen and Helium for a mixture density calculation for the peng robinson E.O.S. Does any one know it or know where to find this number required for the mixing rule of the Peng? Adam R. Baxter email me at: baxter.56@osu.edu Thanks

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OK, so I take the subscript "c" to refer to the critical properties which I take to be the value of those properties at the critical point (ie, the set of conditions in which solid, liquid, and gas are in equilibrium.)

So, I recognize T_c and P_c as the criticial temperature and pressure, respectively. Fine, so far.

But what is V_c? Volume, I would guess, but T and P are intrinsic properties of the system, whereas volume is extensive, ie, it depends on "how much" material there is. Is V_c defined in relation to one mole of a given substance?

--JoeAnderson (never did well in p-chem)

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Actually, the point at which the solid, liquid, and gas are in equilibrium is called the triple point. The critical temperature is that temperature above which unique liquid and gas phases do not exist. As you approach the critical point, the properties of the gas and liquid phase become the same, so above the critical temperature there is only one phase. The critical pressure refers to the vapor pressure at the critical temperature. V_c is the critical molar volume (ie. the volume of one mole) and as such is more like a density (or 1/density) than an actual volume. Note that in all of the listed equations of state, V is defined as the molar volume. This is why PV = RT, instead of PV = nRT.

--Matt Stoker

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In order to be more complete, we really should add mixing rules for each equation of state (ie. rules for determining the correct parameters for a mixture). In order to add these we need a summation sign. For example for the Soave Equation, the rules are:

aα = ∑ ∑ y_iy_j(aα)_ij

If anyone knows how to do the summation signs, let me know and I'll updata the page accordingly.

--Matt Stoker

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You're forgetting the semicolons on your HTML entity references. Also, I'm sure that "aα" is not what you mean to write here. See Wiki special characters. --LDC

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Thanks, Matt! Your discussion above of triple point, critical temperature, critical molar volume, etc. makes it all much more clear, I think. I'd like to see that worked into the main page--if you'd like to do it, that would be fine. I'll wait a while to give you a chance at it, or will go ahead and do it at some later point. --dja

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LDC, thanks for the information. As for "aα", it is supposed to be "a" multiplied by the greek letter "alpha". How would you recommend it be specified?

-- Matt Stoker

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Hello, this page had a lot of garbage characters introduced into it somehow (periods became copyright symbols; parentheses became yen). I just pasted in an earlier version of this page from Equations of State (2 caps). I've looked it over and it seems to be ok; please double-check (I'm not a scientist).

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Hi guys

How do I modify the page to add a new equation of state? I don't understand the editing system well enough to add a new item to the list.

cheers

Robinh 20:41, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)

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I think this article should merely refer to the various articles describing the different equations of state: Ideal gas law, Van der Waals equation and so on, instead of repeating them. Bo Jacoby 11:35, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

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I totally agree, why repeat what is already there. This page should be used to describe when and how the equations are used with respect to each other. Do you have any thoughts to what the specific layout should be for the new page? Thales

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In order to add the mixing rules for the equations of state, it will be necessary to add an entire page on it, as several sets of mixing rules are available (see the reference Valderrama for a discussion).

--Ascentury 03:55, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

State functions?

Are equations of state related to State functions? - ElAmericano | talk 21:28, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes. Pressure, volume and temperature are state functions, and the equation of state relates them. The equation of state is not sufficient, however. Some other equations must tell the entropy and the energy of the state. Bo Jacoby 09:55, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Isn't pressure written with a small P?

As in the:

=== Classical ideal gas law ===

$PV=nRT\,$

Shouldnt it be:

$pV=nRT\,$

? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.228.244.89 (talk) 15:15, 14 November 2006, (UTC)

Agree, the general usage is assign lowercase letter for intensive variables and uppercase for extensive variables. For example:

$V$ for volume (Units: $m^{3}$ ) and $v$ for specific volume (Units: $m^{3}/kg$ ),

$H$ for enthalpy (Units: $J$ ) and $h$ for specific enthalpy (Units: $J/kg$ or $J/mol$ ).

$T$ for temperature is an exception for present usage (in old texts they refer to temperature by $\theta$ instead of $T$ ). -- Myth (Talk) 10:59, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

SAFT equation

Hi do you think that there should be something on this page about the SAFT equation of state, given that its now one of the most modern approaches for this area? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.31.67.66 (talk) 10:04, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Misleading article title

The introduction mentions:

In physics and thermodynamics, an equation of state is a relation between state variables.

But the article only deals with state relationship between pressure, temperature and volume. It does not describe any other state equations like:

$H=C_{p}T$ or $dH=TdS-pdV$

I think the title of the article is misleading. Either the title should be changed to something more appropriate or the text should also cover other equation of states. The former is a better option given the size of the article. -- Myth (Talk) 10:59, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Ideal gas law and Euler equations

I have deleted the following statement which refers to the ideal gas law in the form$P=\rho \left(\gamma -1\right)e$.

"This form is purely in terms of intensive quantities and is useful when simulating the Euler equations because it expresses the relationship between internal energy and other forms of energy (such as kinetic), thus allowing simulations to obey the First Law."

The equation of state ("this form") does not express the relationship between internal energy (e) and kinetic energy (for example) (there is no specific kinetic energy term $v^{2}/2$ in the equation of state?) Making Euler simulations (I assume this refers to computational fluid dynamics, CFD) obey the first law is independent of how you express the gas law. To keep the idea you would have to add something like $e=e_{total}-v^{2}/2$ where $e_{total}$ is the total intrinsic (specific) energy of an element of fluid moving with speed $v$. E4mmacro 23:43, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Viral Equation of State

In the book we are using for Physical Chem class (Thermodynamics, Statistical Thermodynamics, & Kinetics by Thomas Engel and Philip Reid. ISBN 0-8053-3844-6) it states on page 151 that the viral equation is only valid over it's convergence range, which is only under relatively low pressures (V_m > 1 ??). If anyone can confirm this, it should probably be mentioned in the article. I did some calculations using values smaller than 1 and got unreasonable results.