Significance of the Rules

The breaking and joining rules described above have a physical parallel in studies of water and solution phenomena. The breaking probability, PB(W), governs the self-affinity of a water molecule, W. This probability has a relationship to the boiling point, described by the equation  

The companion rule, /(W), reflects the affinity of two W molecules. For water, it is observed that the joining and breaking parameters are related as 

These rules produce conditions in the cellular automata configuration that simulate physical properties. 

The relationship of a water molecule, W, and a solute molecule, S, is governed by the parameters PB(WS) and /(WS). Higher values of PB(WS) and lower values of /(WS) reflect a weak interaction between water and the solute. The opposite pattern of parameters characterize a closer physical 

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The structural significance of the rules has been explained by Hudson (38) y who writes the skeleton stereostructures for the methyl a-and jS-pyranosides as follows ... 

The main significance of the rules for making-up mixtures is that with them it is possible to determine the deficiencies or surpluses of certain compounds that are required when mixtures of given composition are being made-up into mixtures consisting of the same components but with different component ratios. 

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