A plait point represents the locus on a solubility diagram where a tie-line collapses to a single point. For a ternary mixture featuring two pairs of partially miscible liquids, how many plait points exist ?
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Answer: A. 0
Explanation
A plait point represents the critical composition where conjugate phases become identical; systems with two partially miscible pairs have distinct phase boundaries.
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