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CERTAIN long-chain ketones of equal chain-lengths but different position of the keto group have such similar properties as to be reminiscent of isotopes and are yet nearly mutually immiscible in the solid state. Mixtures of equal amounts of a sufficient number of such ‘equivalent’ ketones are, however, stable either as a single-phase solid solution or as a multiphase mixture of the constituents1. Mixtures of this kind are exceptionally suitable for a study of precipitation, since all constituents are precipitated simultaneously. Recent measurements of dielectric properties carried out during the precipitation of such a mixture yield information on early stages of nucleation and on the dielectric properties of small aggregates.
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DANIEL, V., TURNER, C. Dielectric Observations of Nucleation. Nature 170, 1122 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/1701122a0
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