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The viscosity-capillarity approach to phase transitions

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Slemrod, M. (1989). The viscosity-capillarity approach to phase transitions. In: Rascle, M., Serre, D., Slemrod, M. (eds) PDEs and Continuum Models of Phase Transitions. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 344. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0024944

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