For a simple compressible system at fixed particle number, assume the internal energy has continuous second partial derivatives and is a locally invertible function of entropy at fixed volume. Its exact differential gives the Maxwell relation . Meanwhile the constant-volume heat capacity is . The chain rule therefore gives
For one mole of an ideal gas with constant molar , this becomes , whose integral curves satisfy . It expresses cooling on reversible adiabatic expansion in terms of measurable thermal and mechanical derivatives.

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