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In a fluid, solid-liquid [[phase transitions]] are thought of as being governed
mainly by [[entropy]]. This is at variance with the [[Gas-liquid_phase_transitions | gas-liquid phase transition]], which is mainly governed by [[Internal_energy | energy]].
This point of view is supported by the solid-liquid transition being not being greatly dependent
on the [[temperature]], but on the [[density]]. Accordingly, the [[Hard_sphere_model | hard sphere fluid]], for which temperature does not enter at all, exhibits a [[Hard_sphere_model#Liquid-solid_transition | solid-liquid transition]].
==See also==
*[[Kosterlitz-Thouless transition]]
*[[Melting curve#Lindemann melting law | Lindemann melting law]]
*[[Melting curve]]
*[[Spinodal decomposition]]
*[[Supercooling and nucleation]]
==References==
==References==
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.60.161  Katherine J. Strandburg "Two-dimensional melting", Reviews of Modern Physics '''60''' pp. 161-207 (1988)]
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*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.60.161  Katherine J. Strandburg "Two-dimensional melting", Reviews of Modern Physics '''60''' pp. 161-207 (1988)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4931376  Atul S. Bharadwaj and Yashwant Singh "Fluid-solid transition in simple systems using density functional theory", Journal of Chemical Physics '''143''' 124503 (2015)]
 
 
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In a fluid, solid-liquid phase transitions are thought of as being governed mainly by entropy. This is at variance with the gas-liquid phase transition, which is mainly governed by energy.

This point of view is supported by the solid-liquid transition being not being greatly dependent on the temperature, but on the density. Accordingly, the hard sphere fluid, for which temperature does not enter at all, exhibits a solid-liquid transition.

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Related reading