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THE inhomogeneity of fluids at close proximity to their critical point has long been known1,2, well examined3,4 and theoretically explained5,6. The ‘Critical opalescence’ is in fact a two-phase system in the state of fine division, one of the phases being a gas; thus this state may be looked on as an aerosol. This point of view was expressed sixty years ago7. As an aerosol, the near-critical state is a very peculiar one: the specific gravity of the dispersed phase is but slightly different from that of the dispersing medium; the viscosity of the latter is considerably above the usual values for gases.
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BENARIE, M. Hypercritical Aerosol. Nature 197, 486 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197486a0
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