A note on Maxwell's equal area law for black hole phase transition

Abstract

The state equation of the charged AdS black hole is reviewed in the $T-r$ plane. Thinking of the phase transition, the $T-S$, $P-V$, $P-\nu$ graphs are plotted and then the equal area law is used in the three cases to get the phase transition point (P,T). The analytical phase transition point relations for P-T of charged AdS black hole has been obtained successfully. By comparing the three results, we find that the equal area law possibly cannot be used directly for $P-\nu$ plane. According to the $T-S$, $P-V$ results, we plot the $P-T-Q$ graph and find that for a highly charged black hole a very low temperature condition is required for the phase transition