Pure naphthalene melts at 80 °C. Pure I-naphthol melts at 123°C. All mixtures of these two components show a single peak when heated and a 50 mol% mixture shows a single broad peak around 100 °C. What type of phase diagram does this suggest? Draw a hypothetical example of this type of phase diagram.

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Pure naphthalene melts at 80 °C. Pure I-naphthol melts at 123°C. All mixtures of these two components show a single peak when heated and a 50 mol% mixture shows a single broad peak around 100 °C. What type of phase diagram does this suggest? Draw a hypothetical example of this type of phase diagram.
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