Fast adiabatic equilibration in a single-component fluid near the liquid-vapor critical point
- 1 February 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 41 (4) , 2256-2259
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.41.2256
Abstract
Near the liquid-vapor critical point, the diverging thermal-expansion coefficient causes a localized entropy change to produce an immediate temperature change throughout the entire fluid, thereby greatly accelerating the approach to equilibrium.Keywords
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