Entropy-driven phase transitions and the Kauzmann entropy crisis

R. Hoł yst

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2001, vol. 292, issue 1, 255-258

Abstract: We briefly present the Kauzmann entropy crisis and show that it may have a simple explanation in terms of the entropy-driven phase transitions. We discuss in a pedagogical manner why the enthalpy change at the freezing transition is positive even for a hard sphere fluid, despite the fact that the transition is driven by the increase of the entropy. We use this observation to explain qualitatively the Kauzmann entropy crisis.

Keywords: Phase transition; Melting; Metastable phases (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(01)00010-3

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