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The volume of the spherocylinder is given by | The molecular volume of the spherocylinder is given by | ||
:<math>\frac{ | :<math>v_0 = \pi \left( \frac{LD^2}{4} + \frac{D^3}{6} \right)</math> | ||
where <math>L</math> is the length of the spherocylinder and <math> | where <math>L</math> is the length of the cylindrical part of the spherocylinder and <math>D</math> is the diameter. | ||
==References== | ==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)] | #[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)] | ||
Revision as of 12:37, 22 March 2007
The molecular volume of the spherocylinder is given by
- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle v_0 = \pi \left( \frac{LD^2}{4} + \frac{D^3}{6} \right)}
where Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle L} is the length of the cylindrical part of the spherocylinder and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle D} is the diameter.
References
- 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)
- P. Bolhuis and D. Frenkel "Tracing the phase boundaries of hard spherocylinders", Journal of Chemical Physics 106 pp. 666-687 (1997)
- S. C. McGrother and D. C. Williamson and G. Jackson "A re-examination of the phase diagram of hard spherocylinders", Journal of Chemical Physics 104 pp. 6755-6771 (1996)