Lennard-Jones equation of state

The equation of state of the Lennard-Jones model.

Melting line

The solid and liquid densities along the melting line are given by the equations of Mastny and de Pablo (Ref. 5 Eqs. 20 and 21):

$\rho _{\mathrm {solid} }=\beta ^{-1/4}\left[0.908629-0.041510\beta +0.514632\beta ^{2}-0.708590\beta ^{3}+0.428351\beta ^{4}-0.095229\beta ^{5}\right]$

and

$\rho _{\mathrm {liquid} }=\beta ^{-1/4}\left[0.90735-0.27120\beta +0.91784\beta ^{2}-1.16270\beta ^{3}+0.68012\beta ^{4}-0.15284\beta ^{5}\right]$

References

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