Critical variable

Thermodynamic variables associated with critical points From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Critical variables are defined, for example in thermodynamics, in terms of the values of variables at the critical point.

On a PV diagram, the critical point is an inflection point. Thus:[1]

For the van der Waals equation, the above yields:[1]

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