Why is it reasonable to set the chemical potential of a pure liquid or of a pure solid equal to its standard state value , independent of the pressure

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Chapter18: More Statistical Thermodynamics
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Problem 18.54E: In Chapters 17 and 18 we have derived expressions for the absolute amounts of the energies H and G....
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Why is it reasonable to set the chemical potential of a pure liquid or of a pure solid
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