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Phase Transition Data for the Elements

Phase Transition and Other Data for the Elements

In physics, a phase transition (or phase change) is the physical process of transition between one state of a medium and another. Commonly the term is used to refer to changes among the basic states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas, and in rare cases, plasma.

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Where:

M = molecular weight
Tm = normal melting temperature,
Δhfus = enthalpy (or latent heat),
Tb = normal boiling point temperature
Δhvap = enthalpy (or latent heat) of vaporization,
Tc = critical temperature,
Pc = critical pressure,
Ttr = transition temperature

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Prepared by the author and abstracted from Rohsenow et al., "Handbook of Heat Transfer Fundamentals," McGraw-Hill

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