Hard spherocylinders: Difference between revisions

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The volume of the spherocylinder is given by

{\frac {4}{3}}\pi r^{3}+L\pi r^{2}

where $L$ is the length of the spherocylinder and $r$ is the radius.

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+The volume of the spherocylinder is given by
+:<math>\frac{4}{3} \pi r^3 + L \pi r^2</math>
+where <math>L</math> is the length of the spherocylinder and <math>r</math> is the radius.
 ==References==
 #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2207141  Giorgio Cinacchi and Yuri Martínez-Ratón and Luis Mederos and Enrique Velasco "Smectic, nematic, and isotropic phases in binary mixtures of thin and thick hard spherocylinders", Journal of Chemical Physics '''124''' pp. 234904 (2006)]