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Density fluctuations of a pure nuid are treated by a cell model, in which the fluid is divided into cells containing different numbers of particles. A probability function for the particle number is derived. This function, after convolution with a classical (mean field) equation of state, leads to an improved equation of state which is valid in the critical region. The equation of state is analytical, hence not exact in the immediate vicinity of the critical point. As an example, the convolution is applied to the Carnahan-Starling/van der Waals equation of state; the resulting equation of state is used to correlate thermodynamic properties of several simple fluids.
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Kraska, T., Deiters, U.K. An equation of state for pure fluids describing the critical region. Int J Thermophys 15, 261–281 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01441586
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