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phase change

transitions between solid, liquid and gaseous states of matter, and, in rare cases, plasma
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phase change

Summary

phase change ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,327 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • phase change is a type of thermodynamic process path[2].
  • phase change is a type of change of state[3].
  • phase change is a type of transformation[4].
  • phase change is a type of threshold effect[5].
  • phase change's Commons category is recorded as Phase changes[6].
  • phase change's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Phase transitions[7].
  • phase change's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[8].
  • phase change's studied by is recorded as thermodynamics[9].
  • phase change's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include thermodynamic process path[2], change of state[3], transformation[4], and threshold effect[5].

Why It Matters

phase change ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,327 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

thermodynamics Thomas J. Longo

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 4705137
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → thermodynamic process path, change of state, transformation +1
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    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|13 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 2916, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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