Answer to Question #339818 in Inorganic Chemistry for Ayush verma

Question

What are degrees of freedom? What is the maximum number of degrees of freedom possible for a one-component system?

Answer 1

Thus, for a one-component system with one phase, the number of degrees of freedom is two, and any temperature and pressure, within limits, can be attained. With one component and two phases—liquid and vapour, for example—only one degree of freedom exists, and there is one pressure for each temperature.