单词 | critical opalescence |
释义 | > as lemmascritical opalescence critical opalescence n. Physics the milkiness of an otherwise transparent fluid (either a mixture or a pure substance) due to the growth of density fluctuations as conditions approach a critical point on its phase diagram.The classical description of the phenomenon is by T. Andrews in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1869) 159 575–80. [Compare German kritische Opaleszenz (1903 or earlier).] ΚΠ 1906 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 78 252 The explanation of the appearance of opalescence at the critical temperature.] 1908 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 93 1002 In the neighbourhood of the lower critical solution-point, a distinct critical opalescence was observed. 1962 Adv. Cryogenic Engin. 7 127 A brilliant yellow-brown critical opalescence was observed with fluorescent lighting for most studies in the critical region. 2017 H. D. Stidham Statist. Physics Beginners 72 Critical opalescence may be observed optically, as at the interface between vapor and liquid CO2 retained in heavy walled glass capillaries at or very near to the critical point. < as lemmas |
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