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Curve defining the region of composition and temperature for a binary mixture across which a transition occurs from conditions where single-phase mixtures are @[email protected] to conditions where single-phase mixtures are @[email protected] and undergo @[email protected] by @[email protected]
Notes:
- The spinodal curve for a binary mixture is defined as the geometrical locus of all states with \[\left ( \frac{\delta^{2}\Delta _{\text{mix}}G}{\delta\phi ^{2}} \right)_{T,p} = 0\].
- In the @[email protected] region bounded by the spinodal curve, @[email protected] separation is spontaneous, i.e., no nucleation step is required to initiate the separation process.