Liquid simple species, compressed

Calculation of Compressed Liquid Excess Volumes and Isothermal Compressibilities for Mixtures of Simple Species... 

At first glance, one might consider the effect of compressed CO2 on the phase behavior of multi-component polymer systems to be a simple combination of the known effects of liquid solvents and hydrostatic pressure. Solvent effects are primarily enthapic in nature and typically manifest in upper critical solution behavior. Common solvents mitigate unfavorable interactions between dissimilar segments and enhance miscibility. In blends, the addition of highly selective solvents, e.g. a non-solvent for one component, can lead to precipitation of the unfavored species at high dilution. In block copolymers, the effect of selective solvents is less clear, but studies to date reveal a collection of the solvent at the domain interface, selective dilation of one phase, and stabilization of the disordered phase via depression of the UODT. The systems we have studied each exhibit a lower critical transition. For these specific systems, previous work indicates the hydrostatic pressure suppresses free volume differences between the components and expands the region of miscibility. 

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