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Record 1 1999-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
DEF

Composition conditions in which the three coexisting phases of partially soluble components of a three-phase liquid system approach each other in composition.

CONT

There is usually a region near the binodal curve where only two immiscible phases appear; hence, a plait point can be identified and is generally associated with a phase transition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
CONT

En se déplaçant vers le point critique, cette droite de conjugaison tend vers la tangente au point critique. Cette tangente délimite vers la gauche une zone V où les mélanges sont gazeux et une zone L où ils sont liquides. Les mélanges V et L ne sont pas miscibles en toutes proportions.

Spanish

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