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In physics, chemistry, and other related fields like biology, 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.
Deposition (phase transition) Water vapour from humid winter-air deposits directly into a solid, crystalline frost pattern on a window, without ever being liquid in the process. Deposition is the phase transition in which gas transforms into solid without passing through the liquid phase. Deposition is a thermodynamic process.
Sublimation is the transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas state, without passing through the liquid state. [ 1] The verb form of sublimation is sublime, or less preferably, sublimate. [ 2] Sublimate also refers to the product obtained by sublimation. [ 2][ 3] The point at which sublimation occurs rapidly (for further ...
Vaporization (or vaporisation) of an element or compound is a phase transition from the liquid phase to vapor. [ 1] There are two types of vaporization: evaporation and boiling. Evaporation is a surface phenomenon, where as boiling is a bulk phenomenon .
A condenser is designed to transfer heat from a working fluid (e.g. water in a steam power plant) to a secondary fluid or the surrounding air. The condenser relies on the efficient heat transfer that occurs during phase changes, in this case during the condensation of a vapor into a liquid. The vapor typically enters the condenser at a ...
In thermodynamics, the enthalpy of vaporization (symbol ∆Hvap ), also known as the ( latent) heat of vaporization or heat of evaporation, is the amount of energy ( enthalpy) that must be added to a liquid substance to transform a quantity of that substance into a gas. The enthalpy of vaporization is a function of the pressure and temperature ...
Water vapor, water vapour or aqueous vapor is the gaseous phase of water. It is one state of water within the hydrosphere. Water vapor can be produced from the evaporation or boiling of liquid water or from the sublimation of ice. Water vapor is transparent, like most constituents of the atmosphere. [ 4] Under typical atmospheric conditions ...
Entropy of vaporization. In thermodynamics, the entropy of vaporization is the increase in entropy upon vaporization of a liquid. This is always positive, since the degree of disorder increases in the transition from a liquid in a relatively small volume to a vapor or gas occupying a much larger space. At standard pressure = 1 bar, the ...