https://gdpark.blog/tags/phase-transition/Recent content in Phase Transition on gdpark.blogHugoenFri, 08 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/thermal-statistical-56-superheating-and-supercooling/Fri, 01 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/thermal-statistical-56-superheating-and-supercooling/We dig into what actually happens below T_c — using Gibbs free energy to figure out which state a system really lands in when the P-V curve gets all weird and dented.https://gdpark.blog/posts/thermal-statistical-57-maxwell-s-construction/Sat, 02 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/thermal-statistical-57-maxwell-s-construction/A quick look at Maxwell’s construction — using ∫Vdp = 0 to pin down exactly where phase coexistence happens on the van der Waals curve.https://gdpark.blog/posts/thermal-statistical-62-temperature-dependence-of-latent-heat-for-an-ideal-gas/Thu, 07 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/thermal-statistical-62-temperature-dependence-of-latent-heat-for-an-ideal-gas/We derive the liquid-gas phase boundary with the Clausius-Clapeyron equation, then dig into why latent heat L actually depends on temperature.https://gdpark.blog/posts/thermal-statistical-63-phase-coexistence-curves-of-water/Fri, 08 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/thermal-statistical-63-phase-coexistence-curves-of-water/We draw out phase coexistence curves using the Clausius-Clapeyron equation and figure out why water’s solid-liquid line has a negative slope — spoiler: hydrogen bonding!!