Thermal pressure

In thermodynamics, thermal pressure (also known as the thermal pressure coefficient) is a measure of the relative pressure change of a fluid or a solid as a response to a temperature change at constant volume. The concept is related to the Pressure-Temperature Law, also known as Amontons's law or Gay-Lussac's law.
In general pressure, (formula_1) can be written as the following sum: formula_2.
formula_3 is the pressure required to compress the material from its volume formula_4 to volume formula_5 at a constant temperature formula_6. The second term expresses the change in thermal pressure formula_7 . This is the pressure change at constant volume due to the temperature difference between formula_6 and formula_9. Thus, it is the pressure change along an isochore of the material.
The thermal pressure formula_10 is customarily expressed in its simple form as formula_11.
Thermodynamic definition.
Because of the equivalences between many properties and derivatives within thermodynamics (e.g., see Maxwell Relations), there are many formulations of the thermal pressure coefficient, which are equally valid, leading to distinct yet correct interpretations of its meaning. 
Some formulations for the thermal pressure coefficient include:
formula_12
Where formula_13 is the volume thermal expansion, formula_14 the isothermal bulk modulus, formula_15 the Grüneisen parameter, formula_16 the and formula_17the constant-volume heat capacity.
Details of the calculation:
formula_18
formula_19
The utility of the thermal pressure.
The thermal pressure coefficient can be considered as a fundamental property; it is closely related to various properties such as internal pressure, sonic velocity, the entropy of melting, isothermal compressibility, isobaric expansibility, phase transition, etc. Thus, the study of the thermal pressure coefficient provides a useful basis for understanding the nature of liquid and solid. Since it is normally difficult to obtain the properties by thermodynamic and statistical mechanics methods due to complex interactions among molecules, experimental methods attract much attention.
The thermal pressure coefficient is used to calculate results that are applied widely in industry, and they would further accelerate the development of thermodynamic theory.
Commonly the thermal pressure coefficient may be expressed as functions of temperature and volume. There are two main types of calculation of the thermal pressure coefficient: one is the Virial theorem and its derivatives; the other is the Van der Waals type and its derivatives.
Thermal pressure at high temperature.
As mentioned above, formula_20 is one of the most common formulations for the thermal pressure coefficient.
Both formula_13 and formula_14 are affected by temperature changes, but the value of formula_13 and formula_14 of a solid much less sensitive to temperature change above its Debye temperature. Thus, the thermal pressure of a solid due to moderate temperature change above the Debye temperature can be approximated by assuming a constant value of formula_13 and formula_14.
Thermal pressure in a crystal.
The thermal pressure of a crystal defines how the unit-cell parameters change as a function of pressure and temperature. Therefore, it also controls how the cell parameters change along an isochore, namely as a function of formula_27. Usually, Mie-Grüneisen-Debye and other Quasi harmonic approximation (QHA) based state functions are being used to estimate volumes and densities of mineral phases in diverse applications such as thermodynamic, deep-Earth geophysical models and other planetary bodies. In the case of isotropic (or approximately isotropic) thermal pressure, the unit cell parameter remains constant along the isochore and the QHA is valid. But when the thermal pressure is anisotropic, the unit cell parameter changes so, the frequencies of vibrational modes also change even in constant volume and the QHA is no longer valid.
The combined effect of a change in pressure and temperature is described by the strain tensor formula_28:
formula_29
Where formula_30 is the volume thermal expansion tensor and formula_31 is the compressibility tensor.
The line in the P-T space which indicates that the strain formula_28 is constant in a particular direction within the crystal is defined as:
formula_33
Which is an equivalent definition of the isotropic degree of thermal pressure.