Osmotic pressure in Flory-Huggins solution theory

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Let be the mixing free energy per lattice site in Flory–Huggins solution theory, the site volume, and the polymer volume fraction. The solvent mixing chemical potential is , so its balance against the pure-solvent pressure contribution gives . For composition-independent ,
The first term is the ideal chain translational contribution; the second encodes the effective two-segment excluded volume. At the theta temperature condition it vanishes but the positive third-order term remains. Treating as a free-energy density without dividing by loses the physical dimensions of osmotic pressure.

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