Department of Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra ACT Australia, 0200.
J. Chem. Phys. 98, 2225-2231 (1993).
Abstract
The chemical potential of dense hard-sphere fluids,
and also the work of cavity formation,
are simulated directly by a force-balance Monte Carlo technique.
Here the coupling between a solute and the solvent varies
in the presence of an external field.
For a hard-sphere fluid the variable is the cavity diameter,
and the scaled particle theory proves sufficient for the applied field.
The method is shown to be viable for densities as high as the freezing
transition.
A vectorisable Monte Carlo computer algorithm is also given.
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