Centenary progress from the Nernst theorem to the Nernst statement

TL;DR

This paper unifies various schematic diagrams of the Nernst equation, introduces a new function for generating these diagrams, and demonstrates deriving the Nernst equation from experimental data, completing a century of progress from Nernst theorem to statement.

Contribution

It presents a unified method to generate schematic diagrams of the Nernst equation and derives it from experimental data without extra assumptions, advancing the understanding of Nernst's work.

Findings

Unified schematic diagram generation method introduced

Nernst equation derived from experimental data

Progress from Nernst theorem to statement completed

Abstract

It is found from textbooks that there are the different versions of the schematic diagram related to the Nernst equation, and consequently, it leads to some discussion related to the Nernst equation and the discovery of other meaningful schematic diagrams never appearing in literature. It is also found that through the introduction of a new function, the schematic diagram of the Nernst equation in the isothermal process of any thermodynamic system can be generated in a unified way and that the Nernst equation can be re-obtained from the experimental data of low-temperature chemical reactions without any artificial additional assumptions. The results obtained here show clearly that the centenary progress from the Nernst theorem to the Nernst statement is completed.