Gibbs-Thomson effect

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the colloid-and-interface-chemistry subtree

Equilibrium vapor pressure / solubility increases with curvature: ln(P/P0) = 2 gamma V_m / (r R T); drives Ostwald ripening (small particles dissolve, big grow); Kelvin equation analog.

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