Compressibility equation
The compressibility equation () can be derived from the density fluctuations of the grand canonical ensemble (Eq. 3.16 in Ref. 1). For a homogeneous system:
- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle kT \left.\frac{\partial \rho }{\partial P}\right\vert_{T} = 1+ \rho \int h(r) ~{\rm d}r = 1+\rho \int [{\rm g}^{(2)}(r) -1 ] {\rm d}r= \frac{ \langle N^2 \rangle - \langle N\rangle^2}{\langle N\rangle}=\rho k_B T \chi_T}
where Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle {\rm g}^{(2)}(r)} is the pair distribution function. For a spherical potential
- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \frac{1}{kT} \left.\frac{\partial P}{\partial \rho}\right\vert_{T} = 1 - \rho \int_0^{\infty} c(r) ~4 \pi r^2 ~{\rm d}r \equiv 1- \rho \hat{c}(0) \equiv \frac{1}{1+\rho \hat{h}(0)} \equiv \frac{1}{ 1 + \rho \int_0^{\infty} h(r) ~4 \pi r^2 ~{\rm d}r}}
Note that the compressibility equation, unlike the energy and pressure equations, is valid even when the inter-particle forces are not pairwise additive.