Clausius-Clapeyron relation
English
editEtymology
editNamed after Rudolf Clausius and Émile Clapeyron.
Noun
editClausius-Clapeyron relation (plural Clausius-Clapeyron relations)
- (thermodynamics) A way of characterizing a discontinuous phase transition between two phases of matter of a single constituent. It gives the slope of the tangents to the "coexistence curve" that separates the two phases on a pressure-temperature diagram.
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editFurther reading
edit- Clausius–Clapeyron relation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia