Abstract
IT was believed until quite recently that liquids were in all respects—save their density more similar to gases than to solid bodies. This belief was strengthened by the van der Waals' theory of the continuity between the liquid and the gaseous states, the sharp transition between them (corresponding to the boiling or condensation point) being replaced by the hook-like portion of the (p-v) curve, representing unstable intermediary states.
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J. Frenkel, Üer die Wärmebewegung in festen und flüssigen Körpern, Z. Phys, p. 1, 1926.
P. Debye, Z. Phys., Feb. 1, 1935.
A similar view has been expressed by the writer in a book on the ” Theory of the Solid and Liquid States” (in Russian).
cf. J. Frenkel, loc. cit.
Phys. Rev., Dec. 1934.
Z. Phys., 1927.
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Frenkel, J. Continuity of the Solid and the Liquid States. Nature 136, 167–168 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136167a0
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