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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Kosterlitz-Thouless transition]] | *[[Kosterlitz-Thouless transition]] | ||
*[[Lindemann melting law]] | |||
*[[Spinodal decomposition]] | *[[Spinodal decomposition]] | ||
*[[Supercooling and nucleation]] | *[[Supercooling and nucleation]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
#[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/10.1103/RevModPhys.60.161 Katherine J. Strandburg "Two-dimensional melting", Reviews of Modern Physics '''60''' pp. 161-207 (1988)] | ||
[[category: phase transitions]] | [[category: phase transitions]] | ||
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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 fluid-solid transition.
See also
- Kosterlitz-Thouless transition
- Lindemann melting law
- Spinodal decomposition
- Supercooling and nucleation