[Physics] A relationship between entropy and temperature

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I tried deriving a formula relating entropy (not change in entropy, but entropy itself) to temperature. I’ve only seen two equations really relating to entropy thus far, and only one of them includes the temperature factor. However, that one regards change in entropy, not absolute entropy:
$$dS=\frac{dQ}{T}\tag{1}$$
The other equation doesn’t include temperature:
$$S=k_B\ln{W}\tag{2}$$
So I tried doing my own manipulations:
$$dS=\frac{dQ}{T}$$
$$dQ=mc\:dT$$
$$dS=\frac{mc}{T}\:dT$$
$$\int dS=mc\int\frac{1}{T}\:dT$$
$$S=mc \ln{T} +C$$
I was surprised I managed to get such a result. This seemed to be exactly what I was looking for. However, I had never seen such an equation in my life before.

My question are:

Was my derivation correct? If not, what did I do wrong? If it was, then why isn’t this formula more commonly used/taught (assuming $C$ is found)?

And if I’m doing unnecessary steps, is there actually a formula in existence that achieves what I want? A relationship between absolute entropy and temperature?

Best Answer

Your equation is correct only if:$$\mathrm dQ = mc\,\mathrm dT$$ which is not generally true, indeed, common sense tells you that a change in temperature leads to conclusion that an object being heated up. But we do not encounter gases much in our life, which could be regarded as a general case. In reality your assumption is generally false, a good example would be a general gas process: $$\mathrm dQ =\mathrm dW +\mathrm dU$$ Which would take this form for an ideal gas: $$P\mathrm dV+\frac{3}{2}NR\,\mathrm dT = P\,\mathrm dV \,\,\,\text{ if } \,\,\,\mathrm dT=0$$ Now you can see that although temperature does not change, heat supply is still possible, at least mathematically. This process is called Isothermal heating, as might have guessed already. This could serve you as an example of non increasing temperature heating.

After that, you should see that $dQ = mc\mathrm dT$ is usually not the case. Because temperature is not the only extensive parameter for a gas, i.e. is not the only thing which determines the energy supply, i.e. is not the only thing which rises when heats comes in. Real equation for entropy of an ideal gas then would look like: $$\mathrm dS = \frac{1}{T}(P\,\mathrm dV + (3/2)NR\,\mathrm dT) = NR\frac{\mathrm dV}{V} + \frac{3}{2} NR \frac{\mathrm dT}{T}$$

Then $S$ would look like,

$$S = NR \ln{ \left( \left(\frac{V}{V_0} \right) \left( \frac{T}{T_0} \right)^{3/2} \right)}$$

for $N = \textrm{constant}$, namely your number of particles does not change, and $V_0$ and $T_0$ play the same role as $C$ in your answer. Bear in mind that this result is not to be used in your studies, since some modifications and generalizations are to be made first, but it is good enough for your understanding.