Journal
MOLECULAR PHYSICS
Volume 107, Issue 4-6, Pages 555-562Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00268970902889642
Keywords
theory of liquids; phase diagrams; liquid-vapor coexistence; integral equations; square-well fluid
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- Miur-Cofin
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We investigate the ability of the reference hypernetted-chain integral equation to describe the phase diagram of square-well fluids with four different ranges of attraction. Comparison of our results with simulation data shows that the theory is able to reproduce with fairly good accuracy a significant part of the coexistence curve, provided an extrapolation procedure is used to circumvent the well-known pathologies of the pseudo-spinodal line, which are more severe at reduced width of the attractive well. The method provides a useful approach for a quick assessment of the location of the liquid-vapor coexistence curve in this kind of fluid and serves as a check for the more complex problem of anisotropic 'patchy' square-well molecules.
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