Deciphering the physical meaning of Gibbs’s maximum work equation

IF 1.8 3区 化学 Q1 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Robert T. Hanlon
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Abstract

J. Willard Gibbs derived the following equation to quantify the maximum work possible for a chemical reaction

\({\text{Maximum work }} = \, - \Delta {\text{G}}_{{{\text{rxn}}}} = \, - \left( {\Delta {\text{H}}_{{{\text{rxn}}}} {-}{\text{ T}}\Delta {\text{S}}_{{{\text{rxn}}}} } \right) {\text{ constant T}},{\text{P}}\)

∆Hrxn is the enthalpy change of reaction as measured in a reaction calorimeter and ∆Grxn the change in Gibbs energy as measured, if feasible, in an electrochemical cell by the voltage across the two half-cells. To Gibbs, reaction spontaneity corresponds to negative values of ∆Grxn. But what is T∆Srxn, absolute temperature times the change in entropy? Gibbs stated that this term quantifies the heating/cooling required to maintain constant temperature in an electrochemical cell. Seeking a deeper explanation than this, one involving the behaviors of atoms and molecules that cause these thermodynamic phenomena, I employed an “atoms first” approach to decipher the physical underpinning of T∆Srxn and, in so doing, developed the hypothesis that this term quantifies the change in “structural energy” of the system during a chemical reaction. This hypothesis now challenges me to similarly explain the physical underpinning of the Gibbs–Helmholtz equation

\({\text{d}}\left( {\Delta {\text{G}}_{{{\text{rxn}}}} } \right)/{\text{dT}} = - \Delta {\text{S}}_{{{\text{rxn}}}} \left( {\text{constant P}} \right)\)

While this equation illustrates a relationship between ∆Grxn and ∆Srxn, I don’t understand how this is so, especially since orbital electron energies that I hypothesize are responsible for ∆Grxn are not directly involved in the entropy determination of atoms and molecules that are responsible for ∆Srxn. I write this paper to both share my progress and also to seek help from any who can clarify this for me.

解读吉布斯最大功方程的物理意义
J.威拉德-吉布斯(Willard Gibbs)推导出了以下等式,用于量化化学反应可能产生的最大功({\text{Maximum work }} = \, - \Delta {\text{G}}_{{\text{rxn}}}} = \, - \left( {\Delta {\text{H}}_{{\text{rxn}}}}{-}{text{ T}}\Delta {text{S}}_{{{text{rxn}}}}}\Right) {text{ constant T}},{text{P}}\)∆Hrxn是在反应量热计中测量的反应焓变,∆Grxn是在电化学电池中通过两个半电池上的电压测量的吉布斯能变化(如果可行的话)。对吉布斯来说,反应的自发性与 ∆Grxn 的负值相对应。但是,T∆Srxn(绝对温度乘以熵的变化)又是什么呢?吉布斯指出,这个术语量化了在电化学电池中保持恒温所需的加热/冷却。为了寻求比这更深层次的解释,即涉及导致这些热力学现象的原子和分子行为的解释,我采用了 "原子优先 "的方法来破解 T∆Srxn 的物理基础,并由此提出了一个假设,即这个术语量化了化学反应过程中系统 "结构能 "的变化。现在,这一假设向我提出了挑战,要求我同样解释吉布斯-赫尔姆霍兹方程(Gibbs-Helmholtz equation)的物理基础。\虽然这个等式说明了 ∆Grxn 和 ∆Srxn 之间的关系,但我不明白这是怎么回事,尤其是我假设对 ∆Grxn 起作用的轨道电子能量并不直接参与对 ∆Srxn 起作用的原子和分子的熵决定。我撰写这篇论文,既是为了分享我的研究进展,也是为了寻求任何能够为我澄清这个问题的人的帮助。
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