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

Domb, C

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ISBN 10: 074840435X ISBN 13: 9780748404353

Casa editrice: CRC Press, 2019

Riassunto

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 phases of matter, but above which they merge into a single fluid phase. During the years which followed, other natural phenomena were discovered to which the same critical point description can be applied - such as ferromagnetism and solutions. This book provides an historical account of theoretical explanations of critical phenomena which ultimately led to a major triumph of statistical mechanics in the 20th Century - with the award of the Nobel Prize for Physics

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Domb, C

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• Editore: CRC Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 074840435X
• ISBN 13: 9780748404353
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 394
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