ISSN:
1572-9567
Keywords:
diffusion coefficient
;
free-energy curvature
;
mixtures
;
Van der Waals mixture
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract We describe the general dependence of the diffusion coefficient associated with the Van der Waals binary mixture on the temperature, number densities, and relative strengths of molecular interaction parameters. The task is facilitated by the fact that for Kac-type intermolecular potentials, in the long-range limit, the diffusion coefficient becomes simply related to the product of a partial compressibility and the curvature of the equilibrium free energy in the space of number densities. Therefore the different kinds of behavior found can be classified according to the scheme of Scott and Van Konynenburg for the global phase diagram of the same model mixture.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01133539
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