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Freezing of polydisperse hard spheres
Abstract
Freezing of polydisperse hard spheres is studied by Monte Carlo simulation and the results are interpreted with a cell model of the solid. The results supplement an earlier study of freezing of nearly monodisperse hard spheres and, within the assumption of a substitutionally disordered solid, a complete description of the freezing behavior is obtained. The density and polydispersity of the precipitate are characterized by a single curve, regardless of the composition of the fluid from which it is formed. Fractionation enables a fluid of arbitrary polydispersity to precipitate a solid of small polydispersity, dispeling the long-held notion of a fluid-phase ``critical'' polydispersity, beyond which it cannot form a solid. Nevertheless, a primary conclusion from the previous study is confirmed: a solid crystalline phase of polydispersity exceeding 5.7% of the average sphere diameter cannot be precipitated from a fluid phase.
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- Authors
- Kofke, D. A., & Bolhuis, P. G.
- Venue
- Physical Review E
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1999-01-01
- Volume
- 59
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 618-622
- ISSN
- 1063-651X (ISSN-L)
- 1095-3787
- OpenAlex
- W2071891635
- Cited by
- 204
- References
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- FWCI
- 8.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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