Answer to Question #192344 in Physical Chemistry for Ronewa

Question

a. Give a thermodynamic interpretation of the terms break and halt

b. Sketch an example of a phase diagram for a binary mixture of compounds A and B, which are solids at room temperature. The melting point of A is higher than that of B. The eutectic point is at 80 mol %A. Compound AB melts incongruently.

Answer 1

a) Break will appear as changes slope in temperature time curve and when temperatures stops changing it will create a halt.

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