Abstract
Low-molar mass materials change their physical state as the temperature increases; at the melting temperature they change visibly from a crystal to a liquid, and at the boiling temperature from a liquid to a vapor. Each true phase transition is defined thermodynamically by a marked change in enthalpy or volume. However, since such changes can only be determined with difficulty, other methods are generally employed to determine the transition temperatures.
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Elias, HG. (1984). Thermal Transitions. In: Macromolecules · 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7367-8_10
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