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On the Statistical Mechanics and Surface Tensions of Binary Mixtures

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Within a lattice model describing a binary mixture with fixed concentrations of the species we discuss the relationship between the surface tension of the mixture and the concentrations.

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  1. Centre de Recherche en Modélisation Moléculaire, Université de Mons–Hainaut, 20 place du Parc, B-7000, Mons, Belgium

    J. De. Coninck

  2. Centre de Physique Théorique, CNRS, Luminy case 907, F-13288, Marseille Cedex 9, France

    S. Miracle–Solé & J. Ruiz

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Coninck, J.D., Miracle–Solé, S. & Ruiz, J. On the Statistical Mechanics and Surface Tensions of Binary Mixtures. J Stat Phys 119, 597–642 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-005-3251-6

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