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Collision integrals within the Chapman-Enskog theory for a generalized Lennard-Jones potential
Joseph R Perko1, Sotiris S Xantheas1,2,3
1Advanced Computing, Mathematics and Data Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, MS J7-10, Richland, Washington 99352, USA.
Abstract:
We report the values of the collision integrals, needed for the calculation of the macroscopic transport properties such as viscosity (η) and diffusion coefficient (D) of gases within the Chapman-Enskog kinetic gas theory, for a generalized Lennard-Jones potential (gLJ), a more general potential with an adjustable long range 1/r dependence that can describe a wide range of intermolecular interactions.
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