The structure of the liquid-vapor interface

Ronald Lovett; Chung Yuan Mou; Frank P. Buff

doi:10.1063/1.433110

The structure of the liquid-vapor interface

Ronald Lovett, Chung Yuan Mou, Frank P. Buff

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A formal derivation is presented for the equilibrium relation between the singlet density in a fluid and the direct correlation function and for the equivalent relation involving the pair number density. It is shown that this relation is equivalent to the macroscopic condition for hydrostatic equilibrium when the singlet density varies sufficiently slowly to permit the introduction of local thermodynamics. Some aspects of the usage of this in the determination of the singlet density in the liquid-vapor transition region are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	570-572
Number of pages	3
Journal	The Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume	65
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.433110
Publication status	Published - 1976
Externally published	Yes

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