Molecular simulation of the vapor-liquid equilibrium of methanethiol + propane mixtures

Fluid Phase Equilibria

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 51-65

  Agrawal, Rupal ^a   Wallis, Eric P ^a  

^a Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence properties; Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo simulations; Methanethiol; Mixture; Propane

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MOLECULES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROPANE;

GIBBS ENSEMBLE MONTE CARLO (GEMC) METHOD; METHANETHIOL; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

EID: 0031139219     PISSN: 03783812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3812(96)03225-6     Document Type: Article

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