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Kippi M Dyer¹, John S Perkyns, B M Pettitt

¹Chemistry Department, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5003, USA.

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This study presents two models for reactive fluids, analyzing molecular dissociation and atom-molecule mixtures. The findings predict molecular density based on site density, sphere diameter, and dimer bond length.

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Area of Science:

Physical Chemistry
Statistical Mechanics
Fluid Theory

Background:

Examining reactive fluid models is crucial for understanding chemical processes at a molecular level.
Existing theories often simplify the complex interactions within dissociating or associating fluid systems.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate two fundamental models of reactive fluids, focusing on molecular dissociation and coupled atom-molecule mixtures.
To derive an approximation for molecular density using classical associating fluid theory.
To analyze the dependence of molecular density on key physical parameters.

Main Methods:

Developed two elementary models for reactive fluids.
Applied classical associating fluid theory (Wertheim, Stell) to derive molecular density approximations.
Analyzed a fluid system of dimerizing hard spheres.

Main Results:

Derived a low-order approximation for molecular density in terms of total site density.
Identified dependence of molecular density on hard sphere diameter and dimer bond length.
Demonstrated qualitative similarity between the two reactive fluid models.

Conclusions:

The derived approximation provides insights into the behavior of reactive fluids.
Both models yield equivalent predictions for molecular density at limiting bond lengths (infinitely short and long).
The study contributes to a better theoretical understanding of molecular association and dissociation in fluids.