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Comment on Gibbs Density Surface of Fluid Argon, L.V. Woodcock, Int. J. Thermophys. (2014) 35:1770–1784

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It has been established experimentally that the thermodynamic properties of fluids satisfy scaling laws with universal critical exponents asymptotically close to a single critical point of the vapor–liquid phase transition. In contrast to the conjecture of Woodcock, there is no reliable experimental evidence to doubt the existence of such a single critical point in the thermodynamic limit and of the validity of the scaling theory for critical thermodynamic behavior.

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  2. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA

    M. A. Anisimov

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Sengers, J.V., Anisimov, M.A. Comment on Gibbs Density Surface of Fluid Argon, L.V. Woodcock, Int. J. Thermophys. (2014) 35:1770–1784. Int J Thermophys 36, 3001–3004 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-015-1954-8

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