Abstract:Because the phenomenological theories of phase transitions which are based on the equilibrium thermodynamics cannot describe the first-order phase transition processes accurately, the non-equilibrium thermodynamics was applied to extending the existing phenomenological theories of first-order phase transitions. First, the internal interactions of system at a first-order phase transition were considered. The nominal stress, the nominal volume force, the internal electric field and the internal magnetic field we… Show more
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