Module 5 : Statistical Thermodynamics

Lecture 6 : Partition Function and Application to Monoatomic Gas

Now,

(5.176)

 

(5.177)

Which is the equation of state of an ideal gas.
Considering Entropy,

 

 

(5.178)

Now,

Substituting in Eq. 5.178,

(5.179)

The molar entropy

(5.180)

This is known as the Sackur-Tetrode equation for the absolute entropy of a monoatomic ideal gas. It is seen that

(5.181)

where A stands for the sum of all terms that do not depend on T or V. This agrees with the equation from classical thermodynamics

(5.182)

Also,

 

 

 

(5.183)

and

 

(5.184)

These are the absolute values of the properties of a monoatomic ideal gas.