Sentences with phrase «exhibit phase transitions»
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«This model exhibits no bulk thermodynamic - phase transition, so one of the obstructions for reaching solutions present in previous models was eliminated,» he said.
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Dr. Jerison studies systems governed by simple rules that nonetheless exhibit complex behaviors, such as phase transitions — for instance, when a slight temperature increase causes ice to melt into liquid water; and threshold phenomena — for instance, when a small extra deposit of soil causes a stable slope to topple over into a landslide.
The team found pentagons and fourfold pentilles, irregular pentagons with two different edge lengths, exhibit a first - order solid - to - liquid phase transition.
Systems with polygons of seven sides or more closely followed the melting behavior of hard disks, or circles, exhibiting a continuous phase transition from the solid to the hexatic phase and a first - order phase transition from the hexatic to the liquid phase.
The results demonstrate that the grain boundaries within the entire misorientation range have multiple phases and exhibit structural transitions, suggesting that phase behavior of interfaces is likely a general phenomenon.