Molecular statistical description of small thermodynamic systems: problems and possibilities

  • P. Bräuer
  • M. Heuchel
  • M. v. Szombathely
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Abstract

Thermodynamic quantities of small systems like pressure, the inner energy and the average number of particles of the system can be evaluated using the grand canonical ensemble. Such calculations were carried out for a Bragg-Williams lattice gas in the potential field of a micropore.

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63.90.+t 36.40.+d 
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© Springer-Verlag 1991

Authors and Affiliations

  • P. Bräuer
    • 1
  • M. Heuchel
    • 1
  • M. v. Szombathely
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Physical ChemistryUniversity of LeipzigLeipzigFederal Republic of Germany

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