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The solubility of zinc dodecanoate in xylene and tetrachloromethane

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Whereas zinc dodecanoate in xylene exhibits a critical solution temperature, it does not do so in tetrachloromethane.

Evidence is presented which suggests that the abrupt increase in solubility in xylene is not due to a phase change of the solid zinc dodecanoate.

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  1. J. A. Wood

    Present address: Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, The Polytechnic, Huddersfield, England

  2. A. B. Seddon

    Present address: Department of Ceramics, Glasses and Polymers, University of Sheffield, S10 2TZ, Sheffield, England

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  1. Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, The Polytechnic, Huddersfield, England

    A. B. Seddon

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Wood, J.A., Seddon, A.B. The solubility of zinc dodecanoate in xylene and tetrachloromethane. Colloid & Polymer Sci 263, 600–602 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01421895

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