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phase diagram

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noun

Chemistry.
  1. a graph, usually using temperature, pressure, and composition as coordinates, indicating the regions of stability of the various phases of a system.


Etymology

Origin of phase diagram

First recorded in 1910–15

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But this work shows that the phase diagram can also encode 'thinking' in addition to 'doing,' when scaled up to complex systems with many different kinds of components.

From Science Daily Jan. 18, 2024

The work points at a new view of computation that does not involve designing circuits, but rather designing what physicists call a phase diagram.

From Science Daily Jan. 18, 2024

For example, for water, a phase diagram might describe the temperature and pressure conditions in which liquid water will freeze or boil, which are 'muscle'-like material properties.

From Science Daily Jan. 18, 2024

A typical phase diagram for a pure substance is shown in Figure 10.30.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

To illustrate the utility of these plots, consider the phase diagram for water shown in Figure 10.31.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

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