Foreword to the Russian Edition |
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Foreword to the English Edition |
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Editor's Preface |
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Introduction |
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Part I The Statics of Critical Phenomena |
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7 | (96) |
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Statics of Critical Phenomena in the Nearest Vicinity of the Critical Point: Experimental Manifestation |
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9 | (36) |
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Short History of Critical Phenomena Research |
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9 | (8) |
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Peculiarities of the Experiment in the Nearest Vicinity of the Critical Point |
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17 | (7) |
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``Experimental'' Critical Indices |
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17 | (2) |
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Determination of Critical Parameters |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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Determination of Critical Density |
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21 | (2) |
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Determination of Critical Temperature and Pressure |
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23 | (1) |
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Experiments Near the Critical Point in the Presence of the Gravitational Field |
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24 | (21) |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (6) |
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Singularity of the Diameter of the Coexistence Curve |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (4) |
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Isothermal Compressibility Along the Critical Isochore |
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38 | (4) |
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(p - T)-Dependence Along the Critical Isochore |
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42 | (3) |
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Critical Indices and Amplitudes |
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45 | (44) |
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Phenomenological Model of the Critical Behavior of Nonideal Systems |
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45 | (3) |
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Critical Indices: External Field Effects |
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48 | (21) |
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48 | (1) |
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49 | (1) |
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The Influence of Surface Forces |
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50 | (1) |
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The Influence of Fields: Comparison with Magnetic Materials |
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51 | (2) |
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53 | (2) |
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55 | (1) |
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The Influence of Gravitation |
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55 | (1) |
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The Influence of Coulomb Forces |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (1) |
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The Influence of Gravitation |
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57 | (4) |
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61 | (1) |
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The Influence of Gravitation |
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61 | (2) |
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Critical Index of the Correlation Radius Υ |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (1) |
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Influence of Boundaries: Finite-Size Effects |
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66 | (1) |
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67 | (2) |
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69 | (20) |
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Critical Indices and Amplitudes |
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76 | (1) |
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Universal Relations Between Critical Indices |
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76 | (4) |
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Universal Relations Between Critical Amplitudes |
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80 | (2) |
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Correlation Between Critical Index and Critical Amplitude Values |
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82 | (7) |
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Thermodynamics of the Metastable State |
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89 | (14) |
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The ``Pseudospinodal'' Hypothesis |
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89 | (2) |
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The History of the Occurrence of the ``Pseudospinodal Hypthesis'' |
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89 | (1) |
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The Universal ``Pseudospinodal'' |
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90 | (1) |
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The van der Waals Spinodal |
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91 | (5) |
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First-Order Stability Conditions |
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92 | (1) |
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Higher Order Stability Conditions |
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93 | (1) |
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Approaching the Instability Points |
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94 | (1) |
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95 | (1) |
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Thermodynamic Analysis of the ``Pseudospinodal'' Hypothesis |
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96 | (4) |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (1) |
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Thermodynamic Consequences |
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98 | (2) |
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Experimental Test of the ``Pseudospinodal'' Hypothesis |
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100 | (3) |
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Part II The Dynamics of Critical Phenomena |
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103 | (116) |
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Foundations of Critical Dynamics |
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105 | (16) |
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105 | (2) |
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Critical Fluctuations: Light Scattering Intensity |
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107 | (4) |
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Kinetics of Critical Fluctuations: Light Scattering Spectrum |
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111 | (4) |
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Dynamic Critical Indices and Universal Amplitude |
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115 | (3) |
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Scattering of Higher Orders |
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118 | (3) |
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Critical Opalescence: Modeling |
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121 | (44) |
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121 | (1) |
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Techniques and Experimental Methods |
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122 | (10) |
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123 | (1) |
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123 | (1) |
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124 | (1) |
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125 | (1) |
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Time Correlation Function for High Scattering Multiplicities |
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126 | (1) |
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Cumulants of the Correlation Function |
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127 | (3) |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (14) |
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132 | (1) |
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Dependence of the Spectrum Half-width of Multiple Scattering on the Physical Characteristics of the System and on the Scattering Multiplicity |
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133 | (1) |
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Dependence on the Viscosity of the Fluid |
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133 | (3) |
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Dependence on the Optical Thickness of the Scattering Medium |
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136 | (1) |
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136 | (2) |
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Dependence on the Polarization Mode |
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138 | (2) |
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Dependence on the Concentration of the Scatterer |
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140 | (4) |
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Dependence on the Dimensions of the Scattering Media |
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144 | (2) |
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146 | (1) |
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The Simplest Diffusion Model Approach |
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147 | (1) |
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147 | (1) |
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147 | (6) |
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Mathematical Model of Multiple Scattering |
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153 | (1) |
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Basis Concepts of Radiation-Transport Theory |
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153 | (1) |
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Multiple Scattering Spectra Determined via the Radiation-Transport Theory |
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154 | (2) |
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Transition to High Multiplicity Scattering |
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156 | (3) |
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Effect of the Shape of the Sample on the Mean Scattering Multiplicity |
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159 | (3) |
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On the Nature of the Constant Γ0 |
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162 | (3) |
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The Relation of Γ0 to the Size of the Scatterers |
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162 | (1) |
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The Relation of Γ0 to the Depth of the Diffusion Source |
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163 | (2) |
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Critical Opalescence: Theory and Experiment |
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165 | (26) |
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165 | (1) |
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Theory of Critical Opalescence Spectra |
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166 | (11) |
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Analysis of the Behavior of Γm Close to the Critical Point |
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166 | (3) |
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Calculation of the Limiting Values of Key Quantities |
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169 | (3) |
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Calculation of the Temperature Dependence |
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172 | (1) |
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Analysis of the Obtained Results |
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173 | (4) |
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Experiments Close to the Mixing Critical Point |
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177 | (7) |
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177 | (3) |
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Choice of the Object of Research |
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180 | (1) |
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Binary Mixture Aniline-Cyclohexane |
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180 | (3) |
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183 | (1) |
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Heating of the ``Critical'' Medium by Probe Radiation |
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184 | (7) |
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Thermal Conductivity in the Vicinity of the Critical Point |
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191 | (28) |
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191 | (3) |
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Thermal Conductivity of NH3 Near to the Critical Point |
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194 | (10) |
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Experimental Setup for Determining Thermal Conductivity |
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195 | (3) |
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Experimental Results: Background Thermal Conductivity |
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198 | (3) |
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Extended Mode-Coupling (EMC) Theory |
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201 | (3) |
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Static Light Scattering: The Extinction Coefficient |
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204 | (4) |
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The Experimental Setup for Light Scattering |
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205 | (1) |
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Results and Analysis of the Optical Experiment |
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206 | (1) |
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Density Derivative of the Dielectric Constant |
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207 | (1) |
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Determination of Υ and ξ0 Using Light Scattering |
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208 | (4) |
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Critical Dynamics: Comparison of Theory and Experiment |
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212 | (4) |
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Universal Dynamic Amplitude R |
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213 | (1) |
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Thermal Conductivity Critical Index, φ |
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213 | (1) |
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Checking the Feasibility of the Universal Relations Between the Critical Amplitudes for Ammonia |
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214 | (1) |
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Thermal Conductivity of Ammonia in the Wide Neighborhood of the Critical Point |
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215 | (1) |
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216 | (3) |
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Some Applications of the Photon Correlation Technique |
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219 | (10) |
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Diffusing-Wave Spectroscopy |
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219 | (2) |
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Method of Determination of the Mean Dimension and Concentration of Suspended Particles |
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221 | (3) |
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Monitoring of Particle Motion in Drying Films |
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224 | (1) |
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Dynamics of Particle Formation and Growth |
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225 | (4) |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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226 | (3) |
References |
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229 | (20) |
Index |
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