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Comparative studies of calculation methods for activity coefficients of unsymmetrical mixed electrolytes

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Several methods for the calculation of activity coefficients for binary mixed electrolytes are compared. Their accuracies are analysed and the reasons for the different degrees of accuracies are given.

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Lim, TK., Khoo, SK., Hernandez-Luis, F. et al. Comparative studies of calculation methods for activity coefficients of unsymmetrical mixed electrolytes. J Solution Chem 21, 963–970 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00650872

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