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From thermodynamics,

(5.2)


assumption: = constant (incompressible liquid)

similarly for vapor

or

(5.3)

 

 

Substituting values in equation (82) we can write,

where is equilibrium vapor pressure for the system, is the equilibrium vapor pressure for the flat plate case and is the universal gas constant,