An equation of state for hard convex body chains

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Title: An equation of state for hard convex body chains
Author(s): Sadus, Richard J.
Abstract: The thermodynamic perturbation theory of hard sphere chains is generalized to derive an equation of state for hard convex body chains. The hard convex body chain equation of state contains two parameters that are related directly and rigorously to the geometry of the hard convex body. The compressibility factors and second virial coefficients of chains composed of prolate spherocylinders, oblate spherocylinders and doublecones are calculated and compared with hard sphere chain calculations. The comparison indicates that the nature of the hard convex body has a profound influence on the properties of the chain..
Publication type: Journal article
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology. School of Information Technology
Source: Molecular Physics, Vol. 97, no. 12 (Dec 1999), pp. 1279-1284
Publication year: 1999
FOR Code(s): 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics; 0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural); 0307 Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
Keyword(s): Compressibility factor; Equation of state; Hard sphere chains; Virial coefficients
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISSN: 0026-8976
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00268979909482930
Peer reviewed