Nonequilibrium translational effects in evaporation and condensation
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-10 v1 Soft Condensed Matter
Abstract
This paper shows how mesoscopic nonequilibrium thermodynamics can be applied to condensation and evaporation. By extending the normal set of thermodynamic variables with two internal variables, we are able to give a new theoretical foundation for a mechanism of condensation that has been proposed from molecular simulation results. The flux does not follow a simple Arrhenius formula for small activation energies which are relevant here.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0310650,
title = {Nonequilibrium translational effects in evaporation and condensation},
author = {D. Bedeaux and S. Kjelstrup and J. M. Rubi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0310650},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
To appear in J. Chem. Phys