Molecular Theory of Capillarity

J.S. Rowlinson, B. Widom

328 pages, parution le 28/03/2003

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Résumé

Tracing the history of thought on the molecular origins of surface pheomena, this volume offers a critical and detailed examination and assessment of modern theories.
The opening chapters survey the earliest efforts to recapture these phenomena by using crude mechanical models of liquids as well as subsequent quasi-thermodynamic methods. A discussion of statistical mechanics leads to the application of results in mean-field approximation to some tractable but artificial model systems. More realistic models are portrayed both by computer simulation and by approximations of the precise statistical equations. Emphasis throughout the text is consistently placed on the liquid-gas surface, with a focus on liquid-liquid surfaces in the final two chapters.

Contents

Mechanical Molecular Model
Thermodynamics
The Theory of Van der Waals
Statistical Mechanics of the Liquid-Gas Surface
Model Fluids in the Mean-field Approximation
Computer Simulation of the Liquid-Gas Surface
Calculation of the Density Profile
Three-Phase Equilibrum
Interfaces Near Critical Points
Appendix 1: Thermodynamics
Appendix 2: Dirac's delta-function

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Dover
Auteur(s)	J.S. Rowlinson, B. Widom
Parution	28/03/2003
Nb. de pages	328
Format	13,5 x 21,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	360g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780486425443
ISBN13	978-0-486-42544-3