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Model for the free-volume distributions of equilibrium fluids

Soft Condensed Matter 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We introduce and test via molecular simulation a simple model for predicting the manner in which interparticle interactions and thermodynamic conditions impact the single-particle free-volume distributions of equilibrium fluids. The model suggests a scaling relationship for the density-dependent behavior of the hard-sphere system. It also predicts how the second virial coefficients of fluids with short-range attractions affect their free-volume distributions.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0606044,
  title  = {Model for the free-volume distributions of equilibrium fluids},
  author = {William P. Krekelberg and Venkat Ganesan and Thomas M. Truskett},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0606044},
  year   = {2007}
}

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7 pages, 5 figures