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Phase Transition

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Definition: A change of a substance from one form or state to another.  note X refs: restrict to physical chemical change; not for physiologic phase transition   
See Also Chemical Precipitation; Crystallization; Titrimetry; Transition Temperature
Examples Freezing; Vitrification; Volatilization
Other names Transitions, Sol-Gel Phase; Transitions, Gas-Liquid-Solid Phase; Transition, Sol-Gel Phase; Transition, Gas-Liquid-Solid Phase; Sol-Gel Phase Transitions; Sol Gel Phase Transition; Phase Transitions, Sol-Gel; Phase Transitions, Gas-Liquid-Solid; Phase Transition, Sol-Gel; Phase Transition, Gas-Liquid-Solid; Gas-Liquid-Solid Phase Transition; Phase Transitions; Gas Liquid Solid Phase Transitions; Sol-Gel Phase Transition; Gas-Liquid-Solid Phase Transitions

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