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first order phase transition
subject			fact

first order phase transition	has final phase
	has initial phase
	has definition A phase transition which occurs in a manner similar to the way water boils. Bubbles of the new phase (steam) form in the midst of the old phase (water), so that temporarily the two distinct phases (steam and water) coexist.
	is a kind of phase transition
phase transition	has inverse process
physical process	has domain physics

Kinds of first order phase transition :

• ablation (1 kind, 8 facts) - Removal of material from a solid by heating, vaporization or collisions
• condensation (5 facts) - from gas to liquid or from gas to solid
• evaporation (4 facts)
• melting (4 facts)
• solidification (4 facts)
• sublimation (4 facts)