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The thermodynamic description of phase transitions given in the preceding chapter says nothing about the evolution of a phase in time nor on the kinetics of the transition phenomenon. For example, the phase diagrams (Sect. 1.2.2) only give information on the conditions of the existence of phases (as a function of pressure, temperature, concentrations of constituents, etc.) and not on the time required for passing from one phase to another when the thermodynamic parameters of a system are changed (the temperature, for example). We know that a phase change is not instantaneous and that it is a dynamic phenomenon; each one has its own kinetics.
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Papon, P., Leblond, J., Meijer, P.H.E. (2002). Dynamics of Phase Transitions. In: The Physics of Phase Transitions. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04989-1_2
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