
Ernest G. Ehlers
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LOCATION: Fairhope, AL, United States
Emeritus Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, Ohio State University, Columbus. Author of The Interpretation of Geological Phase Diagrams and others.
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Phase, in thermodynamics, chemically and physically uniform or homogeneous quantity of matter that can be separated mechanically from a nonhomogeneous mixture and that may consist of a single substance or a mixture of substances. The three fundamental phases of matter are solid, liquid, and gas…
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