Configurational bias Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo simulation of vapor-liquid equilibria of linear and short-branched alkanes

Fluid Phase Equilibria

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 45-61

  Cui, S T ^a   Cummings, P T ^a   Cochran, H D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Alkanes; Configurational bias method; Critical point; Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo; Molecular simulation; Vapor liquid phase equilibria

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE OF LIQUIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAFFINS;

CONFIGURATIONAL BIAS METHOD; CRITICAL DENSITY;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

EID: 0031373550     PISSN: 03783812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3812(97)00209-4     Document Type: Article

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