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| In a fluid, solid-liquid [[phase transitions]] are thought of as being governed | In a fluid, solid-liquid [[phase transitions]] are thought of as being governed | ||
| mainly by [[entropy]]. This is  | mainly by [[entropy]]. This is at variance with the [[Gas-liquid_phase_transitions | gas-liquid phase transition]], which is mainly governed by [[Internal_energy | energy]]. | ||
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| This point of view is supported by the solid-liquid transition being not being greatly dependent | |||
| on the density,  | on the [[temperature]], but on the [[density]]. Accordingly, the [[Hard_sphere_model | hard sphere fluid]], for which temperature does not enter at all, exhibits a [[Hard_sphere_model#Liquid-solid_transition | solid-liquid transition]]. | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| *[[Kosterlitz-Thouless transition]] | *[[Kosterlitz-Thouless transition]] | ||
| *[[Melting curve#Lindemann melting law | Lindemann melting law]] | |||
| *[[Melting curve]] | |||
| *[[Spinodal decomposition]] | *[[Spinodal decomposition]] | ||
| *[[Supercooling and nucleation]] | *[[Supercooling and nucleation]] | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
| <references/> | |||
| ;Related reading | |||
| *[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.60.161  Katherine J. Strandburg "Two-dimensional melting", Reviews of Modern Physics '''60''' pp. 161-207 (1988)] | |||
| *[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4931376  Atul S. Bharadwaj and Yashwant Singh "Fluid-solid transition in simple systems using density functional theory", Journal of Chemical Physics '''143''' 124503 (2015)] | |||
| [[category: phase transitions]] | [[category: phase transitions]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:59, 1 October 2015
In a fluid, solid-liquid phase transitions are thought of as being governed mainly by entropy. This is at variance with the gas-liquid phase transition, which is mainly governed by energy.
This point of view is supported by the solid-liquid transition being not being greatly dependent on the temperature, but on the density. Accordingly, the hard sphere fluid, for which temperature does not enter at all, exhibits a solid-liquid transition.
See also[edit]
- Kosterlitz-Thouless transition
- Lindemann melting law
- Melting curve
- Spinodal decomposition
- Supercooling and nucleation
References[edit]
- Related reading
