| The measurement of the binary homogeneous nucleation of i-octane and n-octane (2,2,4-trimethylpentane) has been performed with a Wilson cloud chamber. This system of octane isomers has been chosen because it exhibits the desirable properties of a nearly ideal system. The octanes are non-polar, do not hydrogen bond, and have a low heat of mixing.; The results from this experiment are presented and compared to the binary classical nucleation theory, the diffuse interface theory, and the binary scaled nucleation theory. The data from this experiment includes 3 mixtures of the octane isomers in mole fraction ratios of 1:1, 1:3, and 3:1 along with results from the pure octanes. Nucleation rates from approximately 100 to 50,000 dropscm3s and nucleation temperatures of 215 K to 260 K are included. This wide range of data is an effort to create a collection of data to which modified or new nucleation theories may be compared. |
