STATISTICAL-MECHANICS OF A FLUID IN CONTACT WITH A CURVED WALL

Authors
PONIEWIERSKI A STECKI J
Citation
A. Poniewierski et J. Stecki, STATISTICAL-MECHANICS OF A FLUID IN CONTACT WITH A CURVED WALL, The Journal of chemical physics, 106(8), 1997, pp. 3358-3364
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
The Journal of chemical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219606
Volume
106
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
3358 - 3364
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9606(1997)106:8<3358:SOAFIC>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Formal expressions are derived for the surface tension of a fluid in c ontact with a hard spherical wall or a cavity. A method is provided fo r expansions in powers of curvature and applied to the first correctio n. Four contributions are found, one of them of the form due to Tolman . (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.