Carnahan-Starling equation of state

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The equation of Carnahan-Starling is an approximate equation of state for the fluid phase of the Hard Sphere model in three dimensions.

Z=pVNkBT=1+η+η2−η3(1−η)3.

where:

  • p is the pressure
  • V is the volume
  • N is the number of particles
  • T is the absolute temperature
  • η is the packing fraction:
η=π6Nσ3V

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