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I can't understand why $left(frac{partial P}{partial V} right)_T=-left(frac{partial P}{partial T} right)_Vleft(frac{partial T}{partial V}right)_P$. Why does the negative sign arise? I can easily write $left(frac{partial P}{partial V}right)_T=left(frac{partial P}{partial T}right)_Vleft(frac{partial T}{partial V}right)_P$ from the rule of partial derivative, but what's the negative sign for?










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    Your second formula is easily written but it is wrong. The first formula is right and to find out why try en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_product_rule
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I can't understand why $left(frac{partial P}{partial V} right)_T=-left(frac{partial P}{partial T} right)_Vleft(frac{partial T}{partial V}right)_P$. Why does the negative sign arise? I can easily write $left(frac{partial P}{partial V}right)_T=left(frac{partial P}{partial T}right)_Vleft(frac{partial T}{partial V}right)_P$ from the rule of partial derivative, but what's the negative sign for?










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    Your second formula is easily written but it is wrong. The first formula is right and to find out why try en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_product_rule
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I can't understand why $left(frac{partial P}{partial V} right)_T=-left(frac{partial P}{partial T} right)_Vleft(frac{partial T}{partial V}right)_P$. Why does the negative sign arise? I can easily write $left(frac{partial P}{partial V}right)_T=left(frac{partial P}{partial T}right)_Vleft(frac{partial T}{partial V}right)_P$ from the rule of partial derivative, but what's the negative sign for?










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    Your second formula is easily written but it is wrong. The first formula is right and to find out why try en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_product_rule
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    – Andrew Steane
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Your second formula is easily written but it is wrong. The first formula is right and to find out why try en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_product_rule
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– Andrew Steane
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Your second formula is easily written but it is wrong. The first formula is right and to find out why try en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_product_rule
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This is not a simple application of partial derivatives, since the variables that are being held constant vary here, but an instance of the triple product rule, which says that for any three quantities $x,y,z$ depending on each other, the relation
$$ left(frac{partial x}{partial y}right)_zleft(frac{partial y}{partial z} right)_xleft(frac{partial z}{partial x}right)_y = -1$$
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    This all starts from the basic relationship $$dP=left(frac{partial P}{partial T}right)_VdT+left(frac{partial P}{partial V}right)_TdV$$Since, at constant pressure, dP=0, if we solve for dT/dV at constant pressure, we obtain:
    $$left(frac{partial T}{partial V}right)_P=-frac{left(frac{partial P}{partial V}right)_T}{left(frac{partial P}{partial T}right)_V}$$






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      This is not a simple application of partial derivatives, since the variables that are being held constant vary here, but an instance of the triple product rule, which says that for any three quantities $x,y,z$ depending on each other, the relation
      $$ left(frac{partial x}{partial y}right)_zleft(frac{partial y}{partial z} right)_xleft(frac{partial z}{partial x}right)_y = -1$$
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        This is not a simple application of partial derivatives, since the variables that are being held constant vary here, but an instance of the triple product rule, which says that for any three quantities $x,y,z$ depending on each other, the relation
        $$ left(frac{partial x}{partial y}right)_zleft(frac{partial y}{partial z} right)_xleft(frac{partial z}{partial x}right)_y = -1$$
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          This is not a simple application of partial derivatives, since the variables that are being held constant vary here, but an instance of the triple product rule, which says that for any three quantities $x,y,z$ depending on each other, the relation
          $$ left(frac{partial x}{partial y}right)_zleft(frac{partial y}{partial z} right)_xleft(frac{partial z}{partial x}right)_y = -1$$
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          This is not a simple application of partial derivatives, since the variables that are being held constant vary here, but an instance of the triple product rule, which says that for any three quantities $x,y,z$ depending on each other, the relation
          $$ left(frac{partial x}{partial y}right)_zleft(frac{partial y}{partial z} right)_xleft(frac{partial z}{partial x}right)_y = -1$$
          holds.







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              This all starts from the basic relationship $$dP=left(frac{partial P}{partial T}right)_VdT+left(frac{partial P}{partial V}right)_TdV$$Since, at constant pressure, dP=0, if we solve for dT/dV at constant pressure, we obtain:
              $$left(frac{partial T}{partial V}right)_P=-frac{left(frac{partial P}{partial V}right)_T}{left(frac{partial P}{partial T}right)_V}$$






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                This all starts from the basic relationship $$dP=left(frac{partial P}{partial T}right)_VdT+left(frac{partial P}{partial V}right)_TdV$$Since, at constant pressure, dP=0, if we solve for dT/dV at constant pressure, we obtain:
                $$left(frac{partial T}{partial V}right)_P=-frac{left(frac{partial P}{partial V}right)_T}{left(frac{partial P}{partial T}right)_V}$$






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                  This all starts from the basic relationship $$dP=left(frac{partial P}{partial T}right)_VdT+left(frac{partial P}{partial V}right)_TdV$$Since, at constant pressure, dP=0, if we solve for dT/dV at constant pressure, we obtain:
                  $$left(frac{partial T}{partial V}right)_P=-frac{left(frac{partial P}{partial V}right)_T}{left(frac{partial P}{partial T}right)_V}$$






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                  This all starts from the basic relationship $$dP=left(frac{partial P}{partial T}right)_VdT+left(frac{partial P}{partial V}right)_TdV$$Since, at constant pressure, dP=0, if we solve for dT/dV at constant pressure, we obtain:
                  $$left(frac{partial T}{partial V}right)_P=-frac{left(frac{partial P}{partial V}right)_T}{left(frac{partial P}{partial T}right)_V}$$







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