critical opalescence
Physics
noun
The sudden onset of cloudiness as a clear uniform mixture, typically of two fluids, is cooled to near its critical temperature.
- As the mixture cools below this temperature, it forms separate phases.The classical description of the phenomenon is by T. Andrews in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1869) 159 575–80..
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Chemical Society.
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