THEORY OF UPPER AND LOWER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURES
THEORY OF UPPER AND LOWER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURES
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DOI:
10.1039/df9531500188
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发表时间:
1953-01-01
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FOCK, W
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作者:
BARKER, JA;FOCK, W
The phase separation behaviour of a number of models in which the molecular interactions depend on relative orientation is investigated. One model shows upper and lower critical solution temperatures in the manner of the nicotine+ water system. Another shows the kind of behaviour observed with partially miscible solids in which compound formation occurs. A third, representing a mixture of two hydroxy-compounds, shows only an upper critical solution temperature.Certain pairs of liquids, nicotine+ water being the classical example, are completely miscible above an upper critical solution temperature (CST) and below a lower CST, separating into two phases between these temperatures. There is no theoretical explanation of this phenomenon comparable with the explanation of the upper CST offered by the theory of regular solutions. Ono 1 has shown that the variation of free volume with composition may give rise to a lower CST, though his conclusions have been questioned by Rowlinson. 2 Hirschfelder, Stevenson and Eyring 3 suggested that the lower CST was due to an interaction such as hydrogen bonding which interfered with the free rotation of the molecules, and Rushbrooke4 showed that such an effect could give rise to a lower CST. However, no calculations have previously been made showing the existence of both upper and lower CST for a definite model. Such calculations are described here.