Wednesday 20 September 2017

thermodynamics - Order of phase transitions


I got to read things like



In case of a first order phase transition, the volume and temperature change in a discontinuous manner. However for phase transitions of higher order the change in volume and temperature can be continuous.



I could not exactly understand the statement and thats why I thought what exactly it means by the order of a phase transition.


May I know what exactly it means by the order of phase transition?




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