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This chapter moves to the nature of phase transitions in bulk systems, through the interpretation based on configurational excitations and voids. The solid-liquid transition of condensed rare gases is a central topic, as is the character of the liquid state.
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(2007). Phase Transitions in Macroscopic Systems of Atoms. In: Phase Transitions of Simple Systems. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, vol 42. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71514-6_9
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