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66 CHAPTER 3: Thermodynamic Properties<br />

phase requires one intensive property to fix its state. Hence, two independent properties are required to fix the state<br />

of the complete two-phase system. To find the state of a mixture of two phases, we need to know how much of each<br />

phase is present, that is, the composition of the mixture. The phase composition in a liquid-vapor mixture is given<br />

by a new thermodynamic property called the quality of the mixture, which is defined shortly.<br />

A phase diagram is made by plotting thermodynamic properties as coordinates. Figure 3.4 illustrates typical p-T<br />

and p-v phase diagrams for a substance that expands on freezing (such as water or antimony). When the p-T<br />

and p-v diagrams are combined to form a three-dimensional p-v-T surface, thermodynamic surfaces arise, as<br />

shown in Figure 3.5. Figures 3.6 and 3.7 show the similar plots for a substance that contracts on freezing (such<br />

as carbon dioxide and most other substances).<br />

The expansion or contraction behavior of a substance on solidification can be deduced either from the increase<br />

or decrease in specific volume as the substance goes from a liquid to a solid, or from the slope of the fusion<br />

line on the p-T diagram. If the p-T fusion line has a negative slope, then the substance contracts on melting; if it<br />

has a positive slope, then it expands on melting.<br />

Thepuresubstancep-T phase diagram shown in Figures 3.4 and 3.5 is composed of three unique curves. The<br />

fusion line represents the region of two-phase solid-liquid equilibrium, the vaporization line represents the region<br />

S L<br />

Liquid<br />

Liquid<br />

Solid<br />

Pressure<br />

S<br />

Solid<br />

V<br />

Triple<br />

point<br />

L<br />

Vapor<br />

V<br />

Critical<br />

point<br />

Gas<br />

Pressure<br />

Critical<br />

point<br />

Gas<br />

Liquid−<br />

vapor<br />

Triple<br />

line<br />

Solid−vapor<br />

Vapor<br />

Temperature<br />

Volume<br />

FIGURE 3.4<br />

Pressure-temperature and pressure-volume diagrams for a substance that expands on freezing (for example, water).<br />

Liquid<br />

Pressure<br />

Solid<br />

Liquid−<br />

vapor<br />

Critical<br />

point<br />

Triple<br />

line<br />

Gas<br />

Vapor<br />

Solid−<br />

vapor<br />

Volume<br />

Temperature<br />

FIGURE 3.5<br />

The p-v-T surface for a substance that expands on freezing (for example, water).

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