Equations of state for crystals of hard spheres

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The stable phase of the hard sphere model at high densities is thought to have a face-centered cubic structure. A number of equations of state have been proposed for this system. The usual procedure to obtain precise equations of state is to fit computer simulation results.

  • Alder, Hoover and Young equation of state (Ref 1) is given by
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  • Hall equation of state (Ref 2) Eq. 12:
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where

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  • Speedy equation of state (Ref 3)

References

  1. B. J. Alder, W. G. Hoover, and D. A. Young "Studies in Molecular Dynamics. V. High-Density Equation of State and Entropy for Hard Disks and Spheres", Journal of Chemical Physics 49 pp 3688- (1968)
  2. Kenneth R. Hall "Another Hard-Sphere Equation of State", Journal of Chemical Physics 57 pp. 2252- (1972)
  3. Robin J. Speedy "Pressure and entropy of hard-sphere crystals", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 10 pp. 4387-4391 (1998)
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