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What is Binary diagram?

Also known as: isobaric diagram · isothermal diagram

Definition 7.1 University Chemistry — Year 2 · Chapter 7 — Binary Liquid–Vapour Diagrams and Distillation

A binary diagram shows, for a mixture of two components, which phases are present and with which compositions, as a function of the overall composition and of one other variable. An isobaric diagram is drawn in the plane (composition, temperature) at fixed pressure; an isothermal diagram in the plane (composition, pressure) at fixed temperature.

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