Table 3.
Equations used for finding the thermodynamic properties of viruses. Symbols: E—number of electrons transferred to oxygen during complete combustion; nJ—number of atoms of element J in the empirical formula of live matter; ΔCH0—standard enthalpy of combustion; ΔfH0(Bio)—standard enthalpy of formation of live matter; S0m(Bio)—standard molar entropy of live matter; S0m(J)—standard molar entropy of element J; aJ—number of atoms per molecule of element J in its standard state elemental form (aC = aP = aS = 1 for carbon, phosphorus and sulfur, but aH = aN = aO = 2 for hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen diatomic molecules [57,58]); ΔfS0(bio)—standard entropy of formation of live matter; ΔfG0(Bio)—standard Gibbs energy of formation of live matter; CH1.7978O0.4831N0.2247S0.0225—equimolar mixture of amino acids; (Bio)—virions (virus live matter), represented by an empirical formula CHnHOnONnNPnPSnS; ΔrG0—Gibbs energy of growth; ν—stoichiometric coefficient. The stoichiometric coefficients for the growth reaction (11) differ between viruses and can be found in the Supplementary Material (Table S1).
| Equation Number | Name | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| (5) | Combustion electrons | [55,56] |
| (6) | Patel–Erickson equation | [55,56] |
| (7) | Hess’ law | [9,10] |
| (8) | Battley equation | [60] |
| (9) | Battley formation equation | [60] |
| (10) | Gibbs equation | [57,58] |
| (11) | Growth reaction | [9,10] |
| (12) | Gibbs energy of growth | [57,58] |
| (13) | Enthalpy uncertainty | [54] |
| (14) | Entropy uncertainty | [60] |