https://gdpark.blog/tags/free-energy/Recent content in Free Energy on gdpark.blogHugoenSat, 23 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/thermal-statistical-34-relationship-between-the-partition-function-and-state-functi/Sat, 23 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/thermal-statistical-34-relationship-between-the-partition-function-and-state-functi/We derive thermodynamic state functions like U, F, and S straight from the partition function Z — turns out one sneaky differential trick does all the heavy lifting!