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The Gibbs free energy is defined as

$$ G = U-TS+pV$$

It is also known that the chemical potential is the per-particle Gibbs free energy so:

$$ G=\mu N $$

Now, putting the two together we get

$$ U = TS - pV + \mu N$$

I can also take the differential of the above:

$$ dU= d(TS) - d(pV) + d(\mu N) $$

Expanding the products and rearranging terms:

$$ dU = TdS-pdV + \mu dN + S dT - Vdp + N d\mu$$

This, however, seems at odds with the second law of thermodynamics which should write as

$$ dU=TdS-pdV+\mu dN $$

My question is, how do I resolve this contradiction? From here I would conclude that

$$ SdT - Vdp + N d\mu =0 $$

Is this true? If so, how do I prove it? If not, where does the contradiction come from?

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