Intermolecular potentials and vapor-liquid phase equilibria of perfluorinated alkanes

Fluid Phase Equilibria

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 51-61

  Cui, S T ^a,b   Siepmann, J I ^c   Cochran, H D ^a,b   Cummings, P T ^a,b  

^a The University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Unirersity of Minnesota ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Critical point; Gibbs ensemble monte carlo; Molecular simulation; Perfluoroalkane; Vapor liquid phase equilibria

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAFFINS; TEMPERATURE;

CRITICAL DENSITY; CRITICAL POINT; CRITICAL TEMPERATURE; GIBBS ENSEMBLE MONTE CARLO; INTERMOLECULAR POTENTIALS; PERFLUORINATED ALKANE; VAPOR LIQUID PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

EID: 0032075712     PISSN: 03783812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3812(98)00216-7     Document Type: Article

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