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Thermodynamics of Sorption Isotherms: The Hysteresis Loop in Capillary Condensation

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IN any two-component system if mA, mB are the masses of the components A and B and gA, gB their respective Gibbs free energies per gram, then so long as there is equilibrium, SdT - VdP + mAdgA + mBdgB = 0. . . (1)

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BANGHAM, D. Thermodynamics of Sorption Isotherms: The Hysteresis Loop in Capillary Condensation. Nature 154, 837–838 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154837a0

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