Intermolecular forces and equation of state for solid molecularH2,D2,He3,He4, andNe20

1975 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1762-1767 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. V. Meisel ◽  
J. F. Cox

The perturbation treatment of the orientational forces between non-spherical molecules proposed by Cook & Rowlinson (1953) is extended to mixtures by using the theory of solutions put forward by Longuet-Higgins (1951). The thermodynamic functions and the equation of state of such mixtures are expressed in terms of the intermolecular forces and the properties of one pure component. Expressions are derived for the excess (or non-ideal) thermodynamic functions which are compared with the experimental results on the four solutions, benzene+ cyclohexane , benzene+carbon tetrachloride, benzene + ethylene dychloride, and cyclohexane + carbon tetrachloride. The agreement between theory and experiment is improved by taking account of the orientational forces.


A new mathematical form is presented for the equation of state of a detonation product fluid along the adiabat describing its expansion from the Chapman-Jouguet state. The basic ansatz is a rational function form for the adiabatic gamma coefficient in terms of the reduced density V cj /V as variable, from which the pressure can be derived analytically, and the internal energy by quadrature. Rational approximants of arbitrary order can be fitted by linear least squares to results from an ideal detonation code involving a fundamental equation of state based on statistical mechanics and intermolecular forces. The approximants can be checked for accuracy, and used in hydrodynamic codes. The method is illustrated by application to results for pentaerythritol tetranitrate, and the new equations are compared with the Jones-Wilkins-Lee equation.


Author(s):  
E. Naranjo

Equilibrium vesicles, those which are the stable form of aggregation and form spontaneously on mixing surfactant with water, have never been demonstrated in single component bilayers and only rarely in lipid or surfactant mixtures. Designing a simple and general method for producing spontaneous and stable vesicles depends on a better understanding of the thermodynamics of aggregation, the interplay of intermolecular forces in surfactants, and an efficient way of doing structural characterization in dynamic systems.


1998 ◽  
Vol 94 (5) ◽  
pp. 809-814 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. BARRIO ◽  
J.R. SOLANA

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