Gas-liquid phase transitions

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These are usually first order phase transitions, except at critical points, where the order turns second order; for supercritical points, the two phases become one. Between the two phases in coexistence a liquid-vapor interface of molecular size is formed.

References

  1. C. N. Yang and T. D. Lee "Statistical Theory of Equations of State and Phase Transitions. I. Theory of Condensation", Physical Review 87 pp. 404 - 409 (1952)