Gas-liquid phase transitions
Gas-liquid phase transitions are usually first-order phase transitions, except at critical points, where they become second-order; for supercritical points, the two phases become one. Between the two phases in coexistence a liquid-vapour interface of molecular size is formed.
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References
- Related reading
- C. N. Yang and T. D. Lee "Statistical Theory of Equations of State and Phase Transitions. I. Theory of Condensation", Physical Review 87 pp. 404-409 (1952)
- F. L. Román, J. A. White, S. Velasco and A. Mulero "On the universal behavior of some thermodynamic properties along the whole liquid-vapor coexistence curve", Journal of Chemical Physics 123 124512 (2005)