# Statistical mechanics of the liquid surface

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Classifications The Physical Object Other titles Liquid surface. Statement Clive A. Croxton. LC Classifications QC173.4.S94 C76 Pagination xxii, 345 p. : Open Library OL4425260M ISBN 10 0471276634 LC Control Number 79040819

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Gas-Molecule Thermodynamics. The equations relating the thermodynamic variables to the molecular partition functions can be employed to obtain the following expressions for the energy $$E$$, heat capacity $$C_V$$, Helmholz free energy $$A$$, entropy $$S$$, and chemical potential $$\mu$$ in the case of a gas (i.e., in the absence of intermolecular interactions) of polyatomic.

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The interactions between the molecules in a liquid or gas cause correlations in their positions. The aim of almost all modern theories of liquids is to calculate the radial distribution function by means of statistical thermodynamical reasoning.

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