“…In the calculations employing the formulas of homogeneous nucleation theory (2–8) use was made of data on the thermophysical parameters of pure ethane, methane and ethane–methane solutions. − The nucleation process proceeds in a superheated liquid at a temperature T > T s ( x , p ) and a pressure p < p s ( x , T ). Therefore, strictly speaking, all of the thermophysical parameters of the liquid that appear in calculation formulas refer to the metastable state ( T , p , x ).…”