Consider a monoatomic ideal gas, with Zint = 1. The partition function is then 3N/2 VN zmonoatomic ideal gas 1 2Tm N! h?B Use F = -kT In Z, the Stirling approximation In N! = N In N – N and the appropriate partial derivative to derive the chemical potential of the monoatomic ideal gas as a function of T, N and V. You may want to compare your result with what you got in Weekly Practice 9. (a) Take the atomic mass of Xenon to be 131 (Xenon has 8 different stable isotopes and many more metastable ones). What is the chemical potential for pure Xe gas at 1 atm and T = 300 K? Use the ideal gas law and give the answer in eV. (b) Repeat the computation from part (a) if Xe is only 1% (by number density or, equivalently, partial pressure) of a mixture of different gasses.
Consider a monoatomic ideal gas, with Zint = 1. The partition function is then 3N/2 VN zmonoatomic ideal gas 1 2Tm N! h?B Use F = -kT In Z, the Stirling approximation In N! = N In N – N and the appropriate partial derivative to derive the chemical potential of the monoatomic ideal gas as a function of T, N and V. You may want to compare your result with what you got in Weekly Practice 9. (a) Take the atomic mass of Xenon to be 131 (Xenon has 8 different stable isotopes and many more metastable ones). What is the chemical potential for pure Xe gas at 1 atm and T = 300 K? Use the ideal gas law and give the answer in eV. (b) Repeat the computation from part (a) if Xe is only 1% (by number density or, equivalently, partial pressure) of a mixture of different gasses.
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Transcribed Image Text:Consider a monoatomic ideal gas, with Zint
1. The partition function is then
2Tm \ 3N/2
VN
zmonoatomic ideal gas
N!
h?B
Use F = -kT In Z, the Stirling approximation In N! = N In N
to derive the chemical potential of the monoatomic ideal gas as a function of T, N and V. You may want to
N and the appropriate partial derivative
compare your result with what you got in Weekly Practice 9.
(a) Take the atomic mass of Xenon to be 131 (Xenon has 8 different stable isotopes and many more
metastable ones). What is the chemical potential for pure Xe gas at 1 atm and T = 300 K? Use the ideal gas
law and give the answer in eV.
(b) Repeat the computation from part (a) if Xe is only 1% (by number density or, equivalently, partial pressure)
of a mixture of different gasses.
Note: if pure Xenon is allowed to come in contact with the gas in part (b), the net flow of Xenon atoms should
be into the mixture. This tells you that your answer to part (b) should be smaller than your answer to part (a).
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