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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