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Regular Solutions

Better models of the free energy of solution come from consideration of the interactions between atoms in the system. The most simple version is called the regular solution model--it averages the interactions between like and unlike atoms to calculate the enthalpy and uses the ideal solution to calculate the entropy. Regular solution models can predict ``unmixing'' and this results in a spinodal phase diagram.




W. Craig Carter 2002-09-05