Critical point or critical temperature

Critical point or critical temperature
Civil and Mechanical Engineering
அவதி நிலை, அவதி வெப்பநிலை,

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  • Critical temperature — The critical temperature, Tc, of a material is the temperature above which distinct liquid and gas phases do not exist. As the critical temperature is approached, the properties of the gas and liquid phases become the same resulting in only one… …   Wikipedia

  • critical temperature — /ˌkrɪtɪkəl ˈtɛmprətʃə/ (say .kritikuhl tempruhchuh) noun 1. Physics (of a gas) the temperature above which a gas cannot be liquefied by an increase of pressure alone. 2. Metallurgy a. the highest temperature at which it is possible to separate… …  

  • critical temperature — noun 1. a. : the temperature of a substance in its critical state : the highest temperature at which it is possible to separate substances into two fluid phases (vapor and liquid) b. : the transition temperature of a solid from one allotropic… …   Useful english dictionary

  • critical temperature — Physics. the temperature of a pure element or compound at a critical point. Cf. critical constant. [1865 70] * * * …   Universalium

  • critical temperature — the temperature at which some phase change occurs in a metal during heating or cooling, i.e., the temperature at which an arrest or critical point is shown on heating or cooling curves …   Mechanics glossary

  • Critical exponent — Critical exponents describe the behaviour of physical quantities near continuous phase transitions. It is believed, though not proven, that they are universal, i.e. they do not depend on the details of the physical system, but only on the… …   Wikipedia

  • critical point — crit ic*al point (Physics), That combination of volume and pressure, at the critical temperature of the substance, at which the liquid and gaseous phases of a given quantity of a substance have identical values for their densities and other… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • critical point — n. the physical condition, specified by pressure or density, at which a substance at its critical temperature can exist as a liquid and vapor in equilibrium …   English World dictionary

  • critical constants — n. constant values related to the critical point of a substance, specif. the critical temperature, pressure, density, and volume * * * …   Universalium

  • critical constants — n. constant values related to the critical point of a substance, specif. the critical temperature, pressure, density, and volume …   English World dictionary

  • Critical point (thermodynamics) — Carbon dioxide creating a fog when cooling from supercritical to critical temperature In physical chemistry, thermodynamics, chemistry and condensed matter physics, a critical point, also called a critical state, specifies the conditions… …   Wikipedia

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