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  • Consider a substance where the density of the solid phase is less than the density of the liquid phase. What does this suggest regarding the Pressure vs. Temperature phase diagram for this substance? 
    1. The triple point for this substance indicates the pressure and temperature at which the liquid, solid, and gas phases are in equilibrium.
    2. The line separating the solid phase from the liquid phase will have a positive slope.
    3. The line separating the liquid from the solid phase represents the range of temperature/pressure values in which the two phases have the same Gibbs energy.
    4. The region of the diagram corresponding to the liquid phase will correspond to higher temperatures (compared to the solid phase region).
    5. None of the above
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We know that a phase diagram is a chart used to show conditions (pressure, temperature, volume, etc) at which thermodynamically distinct phases (such as solid, liquid, or gaseous states) occur and coexist at equilibrium.

The triple point of a substance is the temperature and pressure at which the three phases (gas, liquid, and solid) of that substance coexist in thermodynamic equilibrium.

The line separating the solid phase from the liquid phase is negative rather than positive.

 

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