Experimental studies of nucleation in near-critical liquid mixtures

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Abstract
Cloud‐point measurements have been performed on the mixtures isobutyric acid + water and perfluoromethylcyclohexane + methylcyclohexane in the neighborhood of their critical solution temperatures. The stability limit is in accord with classical nucleation theory for values of the reduced temperature ε = (Tc−T)/Tc greater than about 10−4 but rises sharply as the critical point is approached. Interfacial tension measurements on both mixtures are also reported.