The Critical Point: A Historical Introduction To The Modern Theory Of Critical Phenomena

By C. Domb

.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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036740138X
• ISBN13: 9780367401382
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"