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Compressibility of a substance and the gravitational effect near a phase boundary

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Using fluctuation theory of phase transitions and the van der Waals equation, a relation is established between the density gradient and compressibility of a substance near the critical point. An experimental inspection is made of the obtained results.

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 7, pp. 61–66, July, 1987.

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Alekhin, A.D. Compressibility of a substance and the gravitational effect near a phase boundary. Soviet Physics Journal 30, 616–619 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00895231

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