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Fill in the algebraic steps to derive the Sackur-Tetrode equation(2.49).

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  • The Sackur -Tetrode equation is

S=NklnVN4h232mU3N32+52

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01

The entropy of substance 

  • The entropy of a substance is given as:

S=kln() (1)

  • where is the number of microstates accessible to the substance. For a 3-dideal gas, this is given by Schroeder's equation 2.40:

=VNN!h3N(2mU)3N23N2! (2)

  • where Vis the volume, Uis the energy, Nis the number of molecules, mis the mass of a single molecule and his Planck's constant. We can further approximate this formula by using Stirling's approximation for the factorials:

n!2nnnen

we get,

role="math" localid="1650298531903" N!2NNNeN3N2!23N23N23N2e3N2 (3)&(4)

02

The entropy of a substance expression

3N2!N!23N23N23N2e3N22NNNeN3N2!N!23N23N+12NN+12e5N2

  • When Nis large, we can throw away a couple of factors:

3N2!N!3N23N2NNe5N23N2!N!(3)3N2(2)3N2N5N2C25N (5)

substitute from (5)into (2), we get:

VNh3N(2mU)3N2(3)3N2(2)3N2N5N26N2VN(mU)3N2h3N(2)3N2(3)3N2(2)3N2N5N2e5N2VN(mU)3N2h3N(2)3Ne5N2(3)3N2N5N2

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The entropy of a substance expression

VN2h3NmU33N2eN5N2VN2h3mU3N32Ne5N2VN2h232mU3N32Ne5N2VN4h232mU3N32Ne5N2VN4mU3h2N32Ne5N2

take the natural logarithm for both sides, and take into account role="math" localid="1650302000554" ln(ab)=ln(a)+ln(b)andlnab=ln(a)ln(b), so:

ln()NlnVN4h232mU3N32+lne5N2ln()NlnVN4h232mU3N32+5N2ln()NlnVN4h232mU3N32+52

  • This gives the entropy of an ideal gas (from equation (1)) as:

S=NklnVN4h232mU3N32+52

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According to the Sackur-Tetrode equation, the entropy of a monatomic ideal gas can become negative when its temperature (and hence its energy) is sufficiently low. Of course this is absurd, so the Sackur-Tetrode equation must be invalid at very low temperatures. Suppose you start with a sample of helium at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, then lower the temperature holding the density fixed. Pretend that the helium remains a gas and does not liquefy. Below what temperature would the Sackur-Tetrode equation predict that Sis negative? (The behavior of gases at very low temperatures is the main subject of Chapter 7.)

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Check that this expression reduces to the one given in the text whenx=1/2 .

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