Residue Curve Maps in a Triangular Ternary Diagram

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relative volatility
A and C,
α
13
1.5
B and C,
α
23
2.5
Consider a ternary ideal mixture of components
A
,
B
, and
C
. The relative volatilities of the components
A
and
B
with respect to component
C
are labeled
α
13
and
α
23
.
This Demonstration depicts the residue curve map in an equilateral-triangular ternary diagram for user-set values of the relative volatilities. The saddle point is the intermediate boiling point (component
A
in the first snapshot). The stable node is component
C
(see the first snapshot), because it is the heaviest component. The unstable node is the lightest component (component
B
in the first snapshot).

Permanent Citation

Housam Binous, Brian G. Higgins, Ahmed Bellagi
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​"Residue Curve Maps in a Triangular Ternary Diagram"​
​http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/ResidueCurveMapsInATriangularTernaryDiagram/​
​Wolfram Demonstrations Project​
​Published: July 26, 2011