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. 1978 Jul;75(7):3023-6.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.75.7.3023.

Maxwell-type constructions for multiple nonequilibrium steady states

J Keizer  1
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Maxwell-type constructions for multiple nonequilibrium steady states

J Keizer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1978 Jul.

Abstract

A stochastic analysis is used to obtain Maxwell-type constructions for multiple nonequilibrium steady states in homogeneous systems. The stochastic theory shows that homogeneous molecular fluctuations can nucleate the Maxwell construction only on a time scale that is the order of a Poincaré recurrence time and indicates that hysteresis should be observed. The nonrelevance of homogeneous fluctuations for systems that undergo phase separation or in which spatial structures occur is discussed.

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