physical chemistry - What is the exact definition of state functions ...
2015年11月2日 · A state function is a property of a system that depends only on the current equilibrium state of the system, not on the way in which the system acquired that state.
What are examples for state functions? - Chemistry Stack Exchange
2015年10月23日 · Work and heat are major examples that are not state functions. Major examples of state functions are internal energy, entropy, enthalpy, free energy, and Heimholtz …
physical chemistry - Why is ∆U = q + W when ∆U is a state function …
2025年2月13日 · That is how a state function can be the sum of two path functions. This holds regardless of how you get from the initial state to the final state, whether it's reversibly or …
State functions and change in state functions - Chemistry Stack …
2023年9月6日 · So, I have been studying thermodynamics, in it I read that state functions are those functions which depend only on one state of the system and are independent of the path …
Is delta H a state function? - Chemistry Stack Exchange
2015年2月23日 · My teacher says H H is a state function but ΔH Δ H is not. But I think both of them should be state function. Is he correct?
Delta U is a state function? - Chemistry Stack Exchange
2022年3月1日 · $\Delta U$ depends on two states, not one. So it is not a state function.
How is volume a State function? - Chemistry Stack Exchange
2015年11月27日 · 1 My question as stated above, is how Volume a state function? As described by the definition of a state function, that it is independent of the path adopted to bring about a …
Physical Interpreting Enthalpy as a state function
2024年8月30日 · In such cases, what does the change in enthalpy actually represent physically? Does it reflect the change in the system's energy content, or is it primarily useful as a state …
Calculating change in state function following different paths
2020年10月27日 · 2 in thermodynamics, we learn that change in state function is independent of the path/process, and thus we can conveniently pick any arbitrary path that allows easier …
thermodynamics - Is the heat capacity a state function?
2025年2月18日 · The heat capacity, defined as C = dq/dT, is it a state function? How about at constant volume or pressure heat capacity?