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Figure 1: Phase diagram of argon.
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Figure 2: Radial distribution function for a dense liquid.
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Figure 3: Total pressure and partial pressures for the system benzene–carbon disulfide at 25° C (see text). Figure 4: Osmotic pressure π caused by a membrane that allows A to pass but not B. A representative system could consist of water (A) and salt (B). Figure 5: Physical significance of interchange energy. The energy absorbed in the process above is 2ω (see text). phase change states of matter states of matter
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Figure 1: Phase diagram of argon.
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liquid, in physics, one of the three principal states of matter, intermediate between gas and crystalline solid. The most obvious physical properties of a liquid are its retention of volume and its conformation to the shape of its container. When a liquid substance is poured into a vessel, it takes the shape of the vessel, and, as long as the substance stays in the liquid state, it will remain inside the vessel. Furthermore, when a liquid is poured from one vessel to another, it retains its volume (as long as there is no vaporization or change in temperature) but not ...(100 of 15723 words)

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