phase diagram

English

A phase diagram demonstrating the different phases in which water may exist depending on temperature and pressure.

Noun

phase diagram (plural phase diagrams)

1. (physics, chemistry) A graph, with axes representing temperature and pressure, showing the equilibrium conditions for a given substance to be a solid, liquid or gas.
2. a similar diagram for a binary mixture of substances, with axes representing composition and temperature.

Related terms

• solidus
• liquidus
• solvus
• critical point
• triple point
• eutectic
• eutectic point
• phase space

Translations

graph, with axes representing temperature and pressure, showing the equilibrium conditions for a given substance to be a solid, liquid or gas

Czech: fázový diagram m Finnish: faasidiagrammi French: diagramme de phase (fr) m German: Phasendiagramm n Polish: wykres fazowy m Romanian: diagramă de fază

similar diagram for a binary mixture of substances, with axes representing composition and temperature

Finnish: faasidiagrammi German: Phasendiagramm n

Further reading

• phase diagram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia