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A Menagerie of Pure Component Phase Diagrams

THe graphics in this section were created by Angela Tong, MIT.

Figure 29-4: $ T$-$ P$ phase diagram for pure water.
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Figure 29-5: $ T$-$ P$ phase diagram for pure water showing several different solid phases.
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Figure 29-6: $ T$-$ P$ phase diagram for Bi. Bismuth's low pressure solid phase has the same volume anomaly as water. What can be said about the symmetries of phases IV and V?
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Figure 29-7: $ T$-$ P$ phase diagram for carbon--proving that diamonds are not forever.
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Figure 29-8: $ T$-$ P$ phase diagram for iron. I am not sure that I believe that there is a critical point for liquid and $ \gamma $-Fe.
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W. Craig Carter 2002-12-03