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THE rare gases argon and krypton form a solid solution at 77° K. that shows a positive deviation from Raoult's law1. At this temperature, the tendency toward phase separation may be estimated from the value of the energy of mixing parameter w AB/kT of about 1.3. This value was estimated by the use of the crude treatment of regular solutions2 on data taken in an apparatus not primarily designed for the task.
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HALSEY, G., FREEMAN, M. Critical Temperature for Phase Separation of the Solid Solutions of Rare Gases. Nature 178, 431–432 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178431b0
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