Statistical Physics of Fluids : Basic Concepts and Applications /

The book focuses on the main physical ideas and mathematical methods of the microscopic theory of fluids, starting with the basic principles of statistical mechanics. The detailed derivation of results is accompanied by explanation of their physical meaning. The same approach refers to several speci...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kalikmanov, V. I.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2001.
Series:Texts and monographs in physics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Ensembles in Statistical Mechanics
  • Method of Correllation Functions
  • Equations of State
  • Liquid--Vapor Interface
  • Perturbation Approach
  • Equilibrium Phase Transitions
  • Monte Carlo Methods
  • Theories of Correlation Functions
  • Density Functional Theory
  • Real Gases
  • Surface Tension of a Curved Interface
  • Polar Fluids
  • Mixtures
  • Ferrofluids
  • Empirical Correlations for Macroscopic Properties of Argon, Benzene and n-Nonane
  • Angular Dipole Integrals
  • De Gennes--Pincus Integral
  • Calculation of gamma D and gamma Delta in the Algebraic Perturbation Theory for Polar Fluids
  • Mixtures of Hard Spheres
  • References
  • Index.