title: Model for the free-volume distributions of equilibrium fluids.
abstract: We introduce and test via molecular simulation a simple model for predicting the manner in which interparticle interactions and thermodynamic conditions impact the single-particle free-volume distributions of equilibrium fluids. The model suggests a scaling relationship for the density-dependent behavior of the hard-sphere system. It also predicts how the second virial coefficients of fluids with short-range attractions affect their free-volume distributions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA. krekel@che.utexas.edu
authors.forename: William P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Krekelberg
authors.forename: Venkat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ganesan
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Truskett