Given the Phase Diagram Shown Below, Which of the Following

question 35

Multiple Choice

Given the phase diagram shown below, which of the following statements is false?

• A) When heated at 1 atm, this substance will first melt and then boil.
• B) When phase A is compressed at constant temperature at point X, no change is observed.
• C) At some (constant) temperature, the gaseous substance can be compressed into a solid and then into a liquid in this order.
• D) The solid has a higher density than the liquid.
• E) None of these statements is false.

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