Second law of thermodynamics

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For a reversible change

dQ=TdS

Thus for a closed system (n fixed):

dU=TdS−PdV

For an open system:

dU=TdS−PdV+μdN

For U(S,V) one has the following total differential

dU=(∂U∂S)VdS+(∂U∂V)SdV