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freezing point curves (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

My uneducated understanding is that the chart shows at which temperatures sulfuric acid freezes depending on the concentration. Also in my very basic understanding of physics and chemistry I would have thought that it's linear or exponential or something predictable and not that jumpy.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In normal cases you'd see two curves going away from pure compounds downwards to a common minimum, which is eutectic point. It's generally only vaguely predictable, but always monotonic