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I have been told that phase transitions=physical equilibria. How can phase transitions be physical equilibria? For example, if you have liquid water going into gas phase, doesn't delta G have to be greater than 0? Is physical equilibria an assumption?128.220.159.5 (talk) 23:53, 15 December 2015 (UTC)A

November 2017

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in Coloureds, disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Mullone (talk) 23:17, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

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Hello 128.220.159.5, and welcome to Wikipedia. While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues here.

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 14:36, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

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