DEPENDENCE OF PHASE TRANSITION ON THE MASS NUMBER OF HOT NUCLEI

The dependence of phase transition,associated with the disassembly of hot nuclei,on the mass number of hot nuclei is investigated.By studying six hot nuclei ranging from ⁵⁶Ni* to ²³⁸U*,we find that in the curves of excitation energy of hot nuclei vs.Thermodynamic temperature T(E*) of ⁶³Cu* and heavier ones there are always two temperature plateaus,but in T(E*) of ⁵⁶Ni the first temperature plateau (at lower excitation energy) shrinks into a kink.