Questions tagged [statetransition]
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Why does the plot of volume and temperature have a kink in a second order phase transition?
The $(b)$ part of the figure shows how thermodynamic variables change in a second order phase transformation.
We observe there is a kink in the plot of volume with temperature.
Why is that so?
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What would oxygen or nitrogen snow look like?
I was watching a video of what would happen if the earth got kicked out of the solar system and at one point it was mentioned that oxygen and nitrogen snow would form. So would such snow be any ...
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Does the temperature during ice melting change? [duplicate]
I did an online test for physics and one of the questions was: Salt was added to ice. Because of it the ice melted. What was happening with temperature DURING the process of melting? The right ...
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Latent heat of vaporization/evaporation
It's the amount of heat required for liquid ---> gas phase change of a substance at it's Boiling point.
But my question is, does providing energy equivalent to latent heat of vaporization to a ...
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Primary kinetic isotope effect
Why does the transition state in both protonated and deuterated molecules have the same energy? My textbook assumes that during transitional state the isotopic bond is half-broken or on its way to ...
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Deriving the absorption coefficient from state transitions
This source states that the absorption coefficient $\gamma$ is proportional to the difference in particle number density $\Delta n$ per unit volume between the initial and the final rotational state ...
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Doubt concerning Andrews Curve [closed]
In Andrews Curve of $\ce{CO2}$, what do the horizontal lines signify?
I know that the gas changes to liquid in that region, but since the pressure and temperature is held constant, how does the gas ...
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Are phase transitions reversible when performed at supercooled temperatures?
For the state transition of supercooled water to ice, is the process reversible? I wonder this because I want to know if I can use entropy change of the universe is 0. If it isn't reversible, how do ...
