Anomalous specific heat

Japanese: 異常比熱 - いじょうひねつ
Anomalous specific heat

… At phase transitions, especially near second-order phase transitions, the specific heat often becomes abnormally large. This is called anomalous specific heat, and is a very important phenomenon in the study of critical phenomena. In other words, the measurement of this anomalous specific heat often confirms the existence of a second-order phase transition and its transition point. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "anomalous specific heat" are listed below.

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Japanese:

… 相転移点,とくに二次相転移点の近傍では,比熱が異常に大きくなることが多い。これを異常比熱といい,臨界現象の研究にとっては非常に重要な現象である。すなわち,この異常比熱の測定により,二次相転移の存在およびその転移点を確証することが多い。…

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