Liquid-vapor phase behavior of a symmetrical binary fluid mixture

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 2201-2212

  Wilding, N B ^a   Schmid, F ^b   Nielaba, P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0000514861     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.58.2201     Document Type: Article

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