clausius-clapeyron relation
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English
34
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
7
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A way of characterizing a discontinuous phase transition between two phases of matter of a single constituent. It gives the slope of the tangents to the "coexistence curve" that separates the two phases on a pressure-temperature diagram.
Etymology
Named after Rudolf Clausius and Émile Clapeyron.
Inflected Forms
Clausius-Clapeyron relations (plural)
Phrases
Clapeyron equation
Frequently Paired Words
Clapeyron equation