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There are only two ways for solid-state phase transitions to be compliant with thermodynamics: emerging of infinitesimal quantity of the new phase, or infinitesimal "qualitative" change occurring uniformly throughout the bulk at a time. The…
This is a Reply to the Comment posted as arXiv:1207.1261.
It is shown how simple assumptions lead to piecewise linear behavior, which is observed in certain phase transitions.
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