Critical end point behavior in a binary fluid mixture

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

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 6624-6631

  Wilding, Nigel B ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PROBABILITY; SPECIFIC HEAT;

BINARY FLUID MIXTURE; CHEMICAL POTENTIAL; CRITICAL END POINT BEHAVIOR; FINITE SIZE SCALING ANALYSES; LIQUID GAS PHASE BOUNDARY;

BINARY MIXTURES;

EID: 0031161833     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.55.6624     Document Type: Article

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