Tricritical points in multicomponent fluid mixtures
- 1 June 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 9 (6), 2573-2578
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.9.2573
Abstract
In view of experimental considerations, we give a model-independent argument that the novel tricritical points in multicomponent fluid mixtures, where three phases simultaneously become critical, are points on the boundary of a single two-dimensional surface of critical points. This result is corroborated by the Landau model suggested by Griffiths. The relationship between these tricritical points and the complex "higher-order" critical points proposed to exist in certain magnetic systems is elucidated.Keywords
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