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Pure Substance A pure substance has a homogeneous and invariable chemical composition and may exist in more than one phase.
Examples: 1. Water (solid, liquid, and vapor phases) 2. Mixture of liquid water and water vapor 3. Carbon Dioxide 4. Nitrogen 5. Mixtures of gases, such as air, as long as there is no change of phase.
ISOBARIC PROCESS
saturated vapor
supercooled liquid
Critical point:
the point at which the saturated liquid and saturated vapor states are identical
ISOTHERMAL PROCESS
To analyze this mixture properly, we need to know the proportions of the liquid and vapor phases in the mixture. This is done by defining a new property called the quality x as the ratio of the mass of vapor to the total mass of the mixture:
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