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Evolution of the liquid-vapor coexistence of the hard-core Yukawa fluid as a function of the interaction range
E B El Mendoub1, J-F Wax, N Jakse
1Laboratoire de Physique des Milieux Denses, Université Paul Verlaine-Metz, 1 Boulevard F. D. Arago, 57078 Metz Cedex 3, France.
Abstract:
The present work is devoted to the study of the liquid-vapor coexistence curve of hard-core Yukawa fluids for range parameter lambda, going from 0.5 to 7 by means of an integral equation approach. Both binodal and spinodal lines are computed and compared to available simulation data, and the integral equation used appears to be accurate. We also compare two methods for determining the coordinates of the critical point. The first one, using the rectilinear diameter law, appears to be less accurate than the second one based on the heat capacity at constant volume. It is found that the critical temperature decreases as the range of the interactions increases and that the liquid-vapor coexistence disappears for lambda greater than 6.
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