Slowing Down of Chemical Reactions near Thermodynamic Critical Points
Itamar ProcacciaChemical Physics Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, IsraelM. GittermanChemical Physics Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Abstract
Chemical reactions near critical points of multicomponent systems exhibit slowing down. If all the components participate in the reaction, the rate of reaction vanishes as ${[\frac{(T\ensuremath{-}{T}_{c})}{{T}_{c}}]}^{\ensuremath{\gamma}}$, independently of the nature of the constituents. All known experiments are explained.
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