Virial Equation-of-State for Hard Spheres
Statistical Mechanics
2008-02-02 v3
Abstract
Recent values for virial coefficients up to B12, when expressed in powers of density relative to maximum close packing,lead to a closed equation-of-state for the equilibrium fluid. The series obtained converges for all densities;it becomes negative and diverges to a negative pole at maximum packing. MD data for 64000 spheres in the metastable region shows the virial pressure begins to deviate at the fluid freezing density.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0801.4846,
title = {Virial Equation-of-State for Hard Spheres},
author = {Leslie V. Woodcock},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.4846},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
Hard-sphere fluid: 4 pages 2 tables 2 figures