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A system consisting of a pure substance, a one-component system, may be represented by a phase or equilibrium diagram with pressure and temperature as the two axes. (It is customary to plot pressure as the ordinate.) The phase diagram for the solid, liquid and vapour phases of water is shown in figure 2.1.
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John, V.B. (1974). One-Component Systems. In: Understanding Phase Diagrams. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01947-2_2
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