Nucleation
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: May 11, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9780750646826
Subjects: Colloid chemistry; Nuclear chemistry, photochemistry & radiation; Nuclear structure physics; Thermodynamics; Solution Chemistry; Thermochemistry; Science; Science/Mathematics; SCI; SCI013050; Chemistry - Physical & Theoretical; Crystallography; Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical; Technology / Engineering / Chemical & Biochemical; Nucleation
First sentence: The physical nature of the phrase transitions of first order can be illustrated sufficiently well with the aid of an analysis of the behavior of the van der Waals (VDW) fluid which is characterized by the following equation of state [Guggenheim 1957; Landau and Lifshitz 1976] (P + M2a'/V2)(V - Mb') = MkT.