THE COMPLETE WORK

Contents.

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01 Introduction ↗

02 Thermodynamics of Critical Phenomena ↗

Phase transitions Critical fluctuations Critical phenomena Critical exponents Static scaling hypothesis Dynamic scaling hypothesis and critical slowing down Renormalization of critical exponents Critical opalescence and equal volume criterions Phase diagrams Phase diagrams for binary liquids at constant pressure Phase diagrams of ternary mixtures at constant pressure

03 Experimental Methods ↗

General aspects Dynamic light scattering Electromagnetic scattering theory Spectrum of scattered field - hydrodynamic considerations Data evaluation of dynamic light scattering Self-beating spectroscopy Technical equipment Ultrasonic techniques Classical absorption and background contribution Noncritical ultrasonic excess absorption Critical systems and total attenuation spectrum Ultrasonic instruments Resonator cells 80 kHz - 20 MHz Pulse-modulated traveling wave methods Complementary measurement techniques

04 Critical Contribution, Dynamic Scaling and Crossover Theory ↗

Bhattacharjee-Ferrell scaling hypothesis - binary systems Critical sound attenuation The scaling function Fx()The crossover theory in binary mixtures The crossover theory in ternary mixtures

05 Experimental Verification of Dynamic Scaling Theories and Discussions ↗

Strategies of verifying the scaling function Preparation of critical mixtures Binary systems without and with one additional noncritical relaxation term Phase diagram and critical temperature.Dynamic light scattering, shear viscosity s and characteristic relaxation rate 0 Fluctuation correlation length Ultrasonic spectrometry Scaling functions Amplitude SBF and coupling constant g Systems with complex background contributions Isobutoxyethanol-water 2,6-dimethylpyridine-water Triethylamine-water Ternary system nitroethane-3-methylpentane-cyclohexane Crossover studies of viscosity and light scattering Dynamic scaling function of a ternary mixture Summarized parameters and surface tension in critical mixtures

06 Conclusions and Outlook ↗

07 Literature ↗

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