A MONTE-CARLO STUDY OF THE LIQUID-VAPOR COEXISTENCE OF CHARGED HARD-SPHERES

Authors
CAILLOL JM
Citation
Jm. Caillol, A MONTE-CARLO STUDY OF THE LIQUID-VAPOR COEXISTENCE OF CHARGED HARD-SPHERES, The Journal of chemical physics, 100(3), 1994, pp. 2161-2169
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
The Journal of chemical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219606
Volume
100
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2161 - 2169
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9606(1994)100:3<2161:AMSOTL>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We determine the liquid-vapor coexistence curve of the restricted prim itive model of electrolytes by means of Monte Carlo simulations in the Gibbs ensemble. Our results confirm earlier findings of Panagiotopoul os [Fluid Phase Equilibria 76, 97 (1992)]. A study of the electrical p roperties of the two coexisting phases reveals that the second Stillin ger-Lovett condition is verified in the liquid but not in the vapor. T his means that the latter could be dielectric.