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Round 1: Tossup 18

The reduced temperature is equivalent to the actual temperature divided by a temperature described by this adjective. By differentiating the Van der Waals equation twice, one can find that the pressure described by this adjective is (15[1])a-over-27-b-squared. Oscillatory isotherms vanish at a state described (15[1])by this adjective (-5[1])where one of the coexistence curves end. Decaffeination (15[1])utilizes a form of (15[1])(*) carbon dioxide being beyond (-5[1])a state described by this adjective. (10[1])At a state described by this adjective, the gas and liquid phases become indistinguishable. (10[1])For 10 points, name this adjective describing the point at the far right of a phase diagram. ■END■

ANSWER: critical [accept critical temperature or critical pressure or critical point or supercritical fluid]
<Science - Chemistry, Rohan Ganeshan> | VAULT II Packet 01
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Viren KohliLambert ANorthview A3515
Evan XueJohns CreekNorthview B4315
Aarnav PatwardhanChattahoochee AInnovation B46-5
Shaun IyerInnovation AChattahoochee B5415
Allan YuanHooverMidtown5815
Sean HarbisonExhibitionLambert B62-5
Rochan SaireddyLambert BExhibition6810
Sreyas SabbaniInnovation BChattahoochee A8210

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Triangle Cup2026-03-13✕3100%0%33%95.67
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✕3100%0%33%83.00
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✕475%0%25%76.33
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✕580%40%40%70.00
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✕333%0%67%68.00
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✕475%25%0%60.00
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✕450%25%25%71.00
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✕580%0%20%83.00
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✕8100%50%13%60.13