The van der Waals equation: Analytical and approximate solutions

Journal of Mathematical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1437-1457

  Berberan Santos, Mario N ^a   Bodunov, Evgeny N ^b   Pogliani, Lionello ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b EMPEROR ALEXANDER I ST PETERSBURG STATE TRANSPORT UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critical temperature; Heat capacities; Phase transition; Thermodynamics; Van der Waals equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249102190     PISSN: 02599791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10910-007-9272-4     Document Type: Article

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