Open AccessWhat separates a liquid from a gas?
Author(s) -
В. В. Бражкин,
Kostya Trachenko
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
physics today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.594
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1945-0699
pISSN - 0031-9228
DOI - 10.1063/pt.3.1796
Subject(s) - phase diagram , liquid phase , high pressure , gas phase , materials science , thermodynamics , phase (matter) , physics , quantum mechanics
Standard ways to distinguish between the two phases don’t apply at high pressure and high temperature. But a look at a medium’s microscopic behavior makes it possible to discriminate between liquid and gas everywhere on a phase diagram.
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