Abstract

A general method, suitable for fast computing machines, for investigating such properties as equations of state for substances consisting of interacting individual molecules is described. The method consists of a modified Monte Carlo integration over configuration space. Results for the two-dimensional rigid-sphere system have been obtained on the Los Alamos MANIAC and are presented here. These results are compared to the free volume equation of state and to a four-term virial coefficient expansion.

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Virial coefficientMonte Carlo methodEquation of stateStatistical physicsState (computer science)State spacePhysicsThermodynamicsComputer scienceMathematicsAlgorithm

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1953
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Volume
21
Issue
6
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1087-1092
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N. Metropolis, Arianna W. Rosenbluth, M. N. Rosenbluth et al. (1953). Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines. The Journal of Chemical Physics , 21 (6) , 1087-1092. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1699114

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