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Why is boiling water loud, then quiet?
Water in my electric kettle makes the most noise sixty to ninety seconds before the water comes to a full boil. I have been fooled many times by the noisy kettle, only to discover that the water was ...
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Gas Circulation Using Pressure Difference
Dear all, see attached picture
Please, is it possible to have the gas recirculated from the gas phase to the liquid as described in the diagram assuming the gas is not soluble in the water.
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How many particles is needed to observe a phase transition?
This is a question that was rised when we were discussing "what is melting actually". How many particles you need to form a liquid or solid. I have some remarks to point out what I want to know.
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Discontinuities and nondifferentiability in thermodynamics
In physics and engineering sources, calculus-based formalisms - whether differential forms on a manifold, or "differentials" of functions of several variables - are presented as a way of modeling and ...
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Order of phase transitions
I got to read things like
In case of a first order phase transition, the volume and temperature change in a discontinuous manner. However for phase transitions of higher order the change in ...
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Phase diagram for oxygen
Do you know where can I find simple diagram (solid, liquid, gas) for for oxygen?
EDIT: I made a mistake. I wanted oxygen instead of water. sorry.
