A Simple Theory of Condensation

Abstract

A simple assumption of an emergence in gas of small atomic clusters consisting of $c$ particles each, leads to a phase separation (first order transition). It reveals itself by an emergence of ``forbidden'' density range starting at a certain temperature. Defining this latter value as the critical temperature predicts existence of an interval with anomalous heat capacity behaviour $c_p\propto \Delta T^{-1/c}$. The value $c=13$ suggested in literature yields the heat capacity exponent $\alpha =0.077$.

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