Global phase diagram for anisotropic binary fluid mixtures : reverse type IV behaviour

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Title: Global phase diagram for anisotropic binary fluid mixtures : reverse type IV behaviour
Author(s): Sadus, Richard J.; Wang, Ji L.
Abstract: Calculations of the critical properties of anisotropic binary mixtures are reported using the hard convex body–van der Waals equation of state in conjunction with conformal solution theory and the one-fluid model. The calculations are used to determine the global phase diagram for anisotropic binary mixtures of molecules of identical size. In the absence of other influences, mixtures with a moderate degree of anisotropy between the component molecules are only observed to exhibit type I, II or III behaviour. For highly anisotropic mixtures, a new type of behaviour is observed which we describe as ‘reverse type IV’.
Publication type: Journal article
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology. School of Information Technology. Centre for Molecular Simulation
Source: Molecular physics, Vol. 101, no. 14 (July 2003), pp. 2211-2217
Publication year: 2003
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Format: pp. 2211-2217
ISSN: 0026-8976
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0026897031000137689
Peer reviewed