Binary and multi-component homogeneous nucleation in aqueous systems: A process or a thermophysical property?

We present a detailed treatise of selected parts of the binary nucleation theory, focussing on the problems arising for aqueous systems. Although nucleation depends, in general, on the history of the process, in most cases it can be approximated as quasi-stationary and the nucleation rate should be considered a thermophysical property. Even in fully transient cases, nucleation is predictable based on a set of thermophysical data