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The densities of methane liquid and gas in equilibrium along the vapor-pressure line are given below. Estimate the density of methane at its critical point of - 116.7°F. 

Liquid and vapor are at equilibrium along the vapor pressure curves shown for pure water (solid line) and an aqueous solution (dashed line). The vapor pressure is lower for the solution, in accord with Raoult s law, and thus the boiling point is increased (liquids boil at 1 atm)... 

Figure 1.11. Metastable (b) and stable (c) equilibrium angles at a solid/liquid/vapour junction obtained after spreading of a liquid droplet (a). In configuration (d), both local equilibrium at the triple line and total equilibrium along the whole solid/liquid interface are attained.

Case 2 in Figs. 11.3c and 11.4 (difference point P2) represents a pinch point on plate n, since an equilibrium tie line and operating line coincide along P2X +,y 3-If less solvent is used, point M3 is lowered, P2 is raised, and the contactor is inoperable. 

Let the dislocation line be along x. The relevant component of the displacement is therefore u, and the equation of equilibrium becomes... 

Liquid and vapor coexist in equilibrium along the line AB, which is the vapor-pressure line of water. Boiling occurs when the vapor pressure of the water is equal to the total pressure above the water surface. For example, at 100°C (212°F) the vapor pressure of water is 101.3 kPa (1.0 atm), and hence it will boil at 1 atm pressure. At 65.6°C (150°F), from the steam tables in Appendix A.2, the vapor pressure of water is 25.7 kPa (3.72 psia). Hence, at 25.7 kPa and 65.6°C, water will boil. 

Despite their relatively high enthalpy of formation, point defects are the only defects which exist in thermodynamic equilibrium in any appreciable concentrations. As shown in section 3.3.1, about the same amount of energy is required per atom on a dislocation line as is required for a point defect. However, one dislocation line can contain about 10 such atoms, and the thermodynamic probability of defects being lined up along a dislocation line, as opposed to being freely distributed in the crystal, is very small. Thus, it can easily be appreciated that the probability of the occurrence of equilibrium dislocations is negligible. 

Crystal growth by sublimation is extensively used for obtaining high purity crystals. The nucleation and growth of crystals from the vapor invariably occurs by grafting to some solid support, usually in practice some cold spot on the walls of a container. A likely hypothesis is then that the solid surface somehow acts as a nucleation catalyst. In principle, nothing forbids the simulation of the vapor-solid equilibrium along the same lines as for vapor-liquid equilibria. 

Onsager s reaction field model in its original fonn offers a description of major aspects of equilibrium solvation effects on reaction rates in solution that includes the basic physical ideas, but the inlierent simplifications seriously limit its practical use for quantitative predictions. It smce has been extended along several lines, some of which are briefly sunnnarized in the next section. 

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