Multiphase Fluid is a Fluid consisting of phases, each occupying its own space volume.

Each phase of the Multiphase Fluid is represented either by a pure substance or by a Fluid Mixture.

It may also happen that a Multiphase Fluid consists of one pure substance and as such is not a Fluid Mixture (example is liquid water and its vapour staying in equlibrium).

Fluid Mixture can stay as a single phase with Fluid Components sharing the same volume.

Under specific temperature and pressure conditions Fluid Mixture can develop few phases, each occupying its own space volume.

The Fluid Components of each phase are sharing the same space volume.

x_i = \frac{\nu_i}{\nu} = \frac{N_i}{N}

where

	amount of substance of the -th mixture component
	total amount of substance in the mixture
	Avogadro constant
	amount of molecules/atoms in the -th mixture component
	total amount of molecules/atoms in the mixture

In case of Multiphase Fluid one often need to assess the volume fraction of each phase:

s_\alpha = \frac{V_\alpha}{V}

where

	volume occupied by -phase
	total volume of Multiphase Fluid sample which is a sum of all phase volumes

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