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Study of multiatomic molecular interaction potentials in liquids using perturbation theory. 1. Calculation method and comparison of results with Lennard-Jones potential

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An algorithm is presented for calculation of the thermodynamic properties of a liquid whose molecules interact in accordance with a specified model potential, using the methods of perturbation theory.

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 43, No. 5, pp. 798–803, November, 1982.

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Tolstunov, D.A. Study of multiatomic molecular interaction potentials in liquids using perturbation theory. 1. Calculation method and comparison of results with Lennard-Jones potential. Journal of Engineering Physics 43, 1263–1267 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00826550

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