Calculating the thermodynamic properties of planar and spherical liquid-vapour interface
Abstract
We present results of calculations of the equilibrium density profile and related surface properties for liquid-vapor interface of simple fluids. The interface has been considered (1) planar and (2) spherical, with some attention to the stability of small liquid droplets. These calculations are based on the density functional theory (DFT), in particular, the gradient approximation, in conjunction with the simplified random phase approximation (RPA) Bhatia-Young model for the bulk liquid.
- Publication:
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- Pub Date:
- June 1994
- Bibcode:
- 1994ctpp.rept.....O
- Keywords:
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- Density Distribution;
- Liquid-Vapor Interfaces;
- Mathematical Models;
- Surface Properties;
- Thermodynamic Properties;
- Drops (Liquids);
- Interface Stability;
- Liquid-Vapor Equilibrium;
- Rare Gases;
- Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics