The Critical Point: A Historical Introduction To The Modern Theory Of Critical Phenomena (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780367401382)

The relationship between liquids and gases engaged the attention of a number of distinguished scientists in the mid 19th Century. In a definitive paper published in 1869, Thomas Andrews described experiments he performed on carbon dioxide and from which he concluded that a critical temperature exists below which liquids and gases are distinct phases of matter, but above which they merge into a single fluid phase. During the years which followed, other natural phenomena were discovered to which the same critical point description can be applied - such as ferromagnetism and solutions. This book provides an historical account of theoretical explanations of critical phenomena which ultimately led to a major triumph of statistical mechanics in the 20th Century - with the award of the Nobel Prize for Physics

Author: C. Domb
ISBN-10: 036740138X
ISBN-13: 9780367401382
Publisher: CRC Press
Language: English
Published: 09/05/2019
Pages: 394
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d