The Critical Point: A Historical Introduction To The Modern Theory Of Critical Phenomena

By C Domb (Author)

Book information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
1996
ISBN
9780203211052, 9781135743765, 9781135743727, 9781135743772, 9781135743741, 9781482291469, 9781420074666, 9780748404353, 9781482295269, 9780429180156, 9780367401382
DOI
10.1201/9781482295269
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16969183 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
\395
Time added
2020-10-06 04:24:42
Physical Sciences;Physics;General Physics

Description

The relationship between liquids and gases engaged the attention of a number of distinguished scientists in the mid 19th Century. In a definitive paper published in 1869, Thomas Andrews described experiments he performed on carbon dioxide and from which he concluded that a critical temperature exists below which liquids and gases are distinct phase

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