Abstract
Outlines are sketched for a general statistical mechanical theory of transport processes; e.g., diffusion, heat transfer, fluid flow, and response to time-dependent external force fields. In the case of gases the theory leads to the Maxwell-Boltzmann integro-differential equation of transport. In the case of liquids and solutions, it leads to a generalized theory of Brownian motion, in which the friction constant is explicitly related to the intermolecular forces acting in the system. Specific applications are postponed for treatment in later articles.
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- 14
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- 180-201
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John G. Kirkwood
(1946).
The Statistical Mechanical Theory of Transport Processes I. General Theory.
The Journal of Chemical Physics
, 14
(3)
, 180-201.
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1724117
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- 10.1063/1.1724117