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Thermodynamic stability of the fluid-fluid phase separation in binary athermal mixtures: the role of nonadditivity (Articolo in rivista)

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Pellicane G.; Saija F.; Caccamo C.; Giaquinta P. V. (2006)
Thermodynamic stability of the fluid-fluid phase separation in binary athermal mixtures: the role of nonadditivity
in The journal of physical chemistry. B; American Chemical Society, Washington (Stati Uniti d'America)
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Dip. Fisica, Università di Messina CNR-Istituto Processi Chimico-Fisici, sede Messina (literal)

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Thermodynamic stability of the fluid-fluid phase separation in binary athermal mixtures: the role of nonadditivity (literal)

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We studied the thermodynamic stability of fluid-fluid phase separation in binary nonadditive mixtures of hard-spheres for moderate size ratios. We are interested in elucidating the role played by small amounts of nonadditivity in determining the stability of fluid-fluid phase separation with respect to the fluid-solid phase transition. The demixing curves are built in the framework of the modified-hypernetted chain and of the Rogers-Young integral equation theories through the calculation of the Gibbs free energy. We also evaluated fluid-fluid phase equilibria within a first-order thermodynamic perturbation theory applied to an effective one-component potential obtained by integrating out the degrees of freedom of the small spheres. A qualitative agreement emerges between the two different approaches. We also addressed the determination of the freezing line by applying the first-order thermodynamic perturbation theory to the effective interaction between large spheres. Our results suggest that for intermediate size ratios a modest amount of nonadditivity, smaller than earlier thought, can be sufficient to drive the fluid-fluid critical point into the thermodinamically stable region of the phase diagram. These findings could be significant for rare-gas mixtures in extreme pressure and temperature conditions, where nonadditivity is expected to be rather small. (literal)

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