Water is one of the most abundant substances on earth, but it is still not entirely understood. It shows unusual behavior, and its properties present characteristic extrema unlike any other fluid. This unusual behavior has been linked to the two-state theory of water, which proposes that water forms different clusters, one with a high density and one with a low density, which may even form two distinct phases at low temperatures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this work, mixed-solvent mean ionic activity coefficients (MIAC), vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE), and liquid-liquid equilibrium (LLE) of electrolyte solutions have been addressed. An extended literature review of existing electrolyte activity coefficient models (eG) and electrolyte equations of state (eEoS) for modeling mixed solvent electrolyte systems is first presented, focusing on the details of the models in terms of physical and electrolyte terms, relative static permittivity, and parameterization. The analysis of this literature reveals that the property predictions can be ranked, from the easiest to the most difficult, in the following order: VLE, MIAC, and LLE.
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