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Lecture 18: Van Der Waals and Geckos

Thermal and Statistical Physics by Prof. Carlson

Nov 2, 2005Education

We derive the shape of the phase boundary for solid to gas transitions (sublimation), examples being dry ice (CO2) or ice at low pressure. We derive the van der Waals equation of state, which is an improvement on the ide...

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