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34 Chapter 2 Structure of Thermodynamics
Thus we have demonstrated the remarkable fact that equation 2.8-1 makes it
possible to calculate all the thermodynamic properties for a rnonotomic ideal gas
without electronic excitation. Here we have considered an ideal monatomic gas.
but this illustrates the general conclusion that if any thermodynamic potential of
a one-component system can be determined as a function of its natural variables,
all of the thermodynamic properties of the system can be calculated.
