Transfer Free Energy of Resin Molecules

3 Transfer free energy of resin molecules. The expression for the transfer free energy of ri2 resin molecules from an infinite-dilution solution to the shell is given by 

In the above equation, (T,P) is the chemical potential of a resin molecule in the pure liquid state, is the molecular fraction of resin in the shell, and yr gh is the activity coefficient of the resin in the shell. Similarly to Eq, 5.44, 

The above term is also negative, implying that the transfer of resin molecules from the bulk phase to the solvation shell is the preferred state. 

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