The self-consistency correction to homogeneous nucleation: Extension to binary systems

The recently presented self-consistency correction to homogeneous nucleation theory is extended to binary homogeneous nucleation. A new expression for the nucleation rate is derived. The significance of the new expression is considered in water-ethanol and water-sulphuric acid systems using three different models based on binary classical nucleation theory: the standard one, the original one and the explicit cluster model. The self-consistent correction factor will increase nucleation rates by some orders of magnitude.