| Thermodynamical phases and States of matter
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| Introductory Phase changes and latent heat - a lecture from Physics 132 course, Richmond Univ. Phases of Matter - a bit more advanced description; with some numbers, properties, diagrams. Ice - so simple but so various. Bits of ice XI and ice XII - a short paper from American Scientist. | Advanced
topics Phase transitions and Phase equilibria - a large online tutorial from Penn Univ. Global phase diagrams - a very large and detailed online tutorial. . | ||
| Phase transitions of the first order - melting, freezing,
vaporization
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| Introductory Hot water freezes faster than cold! - from the Usenet FAQ. Tackling the triple point - a feature article from Scientific American. | Advanced
topics . . | ||
| Phase transitions of the second order
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| Introductory What are Martensites? - an exaple of second order transitions; by J. Sethna. . | Advanced
topics Ising Model and its applications - a chapter of a tutorial from Penn Univ. . | ||
| Other aspects in phase transitions
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| Introductory Phase transitions in the Universe (hep-ph/9803291), 31pp. - though its main topic is cosmology and particle physics, some interesting relevant issues are discussed. Order parameters, broken symmetry and topology - online easy to read tutorial by J. Sethna. Superconductor Unfazed by Its Transition - Physical Review Focus: observation of fourth order phase transition. . | Advanced
topics Quantum phase transitions (cond-mat/9811058), 27pp - from classical critical phenomena to quantum phase transitions. Quantum phase transitions in 2D quantum liquids (cond-mat/9811393), 78pp., by A. Schakel - pedagogical introduction to the theory of continuous quantum phase transitions with multiple exaples. Properties of phase transitions of higher order (cond-mat/9611047), 13pp - phase transitions of III and IV order are briefly discussed. | ||