second-order transition

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second-order transition [′sek·ənd ¦ȯr·dər tran′zish·ən]

(thermodynamics)

A change of state through which the free energy of a substance and its first derivatives are continuous functions of temperature and pressure, or other corresponding variables.

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No references found			Although the glass transition temperature is a second-order transition which is kinetically controlled and depends on the experiment time-scale [13], its relationship to other material properties is well established. Modeling particle inflation from poly(amic acid) powdered precursors. ... by Cano, Camilo I.; Clark, Meaghan L.; Kyu, Thein; Pipes, R. Byron / Polymer Engineering and Science In a second-order transition, such as the demagnetization of iron when heated, the change is continuous, exhibiting a gradual change in behavior rather than a sharp break. Changes of Mathematical State by PETERSON, IVARS / Science News A second-order transition (such as the glass transition) is manifest as a discontinuity in the DSC trace. Characterization of the cure-state of DGEBA-DDS epoxy using ... by White, S.R.; Mather, P.T.; Smith, M.J. / Polymer Engineering and Science			Second Viscosity second water second wind Second-and-a-Half International second-channel interference second-class ore Second-Class Teachers Schools second-degree burn second-derivative map second-foot second-foot day second-generation computer second-growth timber second-level cache second-level controller second-moment closure second-order climatological station second-order difference second-order equation Second-Order Lambda-calculus second-order leveling second-order reaction second-order relief second-order station second-order subroutine second-order transition second-remove subroutine second-strike capability second-system effect second-time-around echo second-trip echo second-year ice secondary secondary air secondary air motion secondary alcohol secondary allocation secondary amine secondary amyloidosis secondary arch secondary area secondary armament secondary battery secondary beam secondary biliary cirrhosis secondary blast injuries secondary blasting secondary bomb damage secondary bow secondary branch secondary cache			Second-Order Lambda-calculus Second-Order Laue Zone second-order leveling Second-Order Many-Body Perturbation Theory-Green Function Second-Order Many-Body Theory Second-Order Moller-Plesset Perturbation Theory Second-Order Moment Function Second-Order Oppenheimer-Brinkman-Kramers Second-Order Perturbation Theory with Diagonal part of Fock Matrix Second-Order Perturbation Theory with Fock matrix Second-order phase transition Second-order phase transition Second-order phase transition Second-Order Polarization Propagator Approximation Second-Order Position Width Second-Order Power Control second-order reaction second-order reactions second-order reinforcer second-order reinforcer second-order relief Second-Order Small Slope Approximation Second-Order Spin Reorientation Reform second-order station second-order subroutine Second-Order Sufficient Condition Second-Order Switched System second-order transition Second-Order Zero-Disparity Second-Order-Hold second-person second-place finish Second-Preferred Second-preferred stock Second-Preferred Stocks second-rate second-rate second-rateness second-rateness second-rater second-rater second-raters second-raters second-remove subroutine second-set phenomenon second-set reaction second-set rejection Second-sight second-sighted second-sighted second-site mutation second-site mutation second-site mutation second-site mutation Second-Stage Conduit Second-Stage Conduit Container Second-Stage Juvenile second-stage reconstruction

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