 Critical opalescence (source code)

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= Critical opalescence
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<Critical opalescence> is enhanced <scattering of light> by large fluctuations near a <thermodynamic critical point>. The <carbon-dioxide viewing-cell phase-transition experiment> gives an observable finite-sample example; cloudiness alone does not establish a divergent <correlation length>.

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