The activity coefficient of high density systems with hard-sphere interactions: The application of the IGCMC method

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-117

  Lamperski, S ^a   Puciennik, M ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Activity coefficient; GCMC simulation; Hard sphere interactions; Inverse grand canonical Monte Carlo method; Solvent primitive model electrolyte

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL MONTE CARLO; GCMC SIMULATION; HARD-SPHERE; INVERSE GRAND-CANONICAL MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIMITIVE MODEL;

ACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS; BINARY MIXTURES; BOLTZMANN EQUATION; ELECTROLYSIS; FLUIDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POISSON EQUATION; SOLVENTS; SPHERES;

ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 77049090845     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927020903124577     Document Type: Article

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