Square well model: Difference between revisions

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The Square well model is given by

\Phi \left(r\right)=\left\{{\begin{array}{ccc}\infty &;&r<\sigma \\-\epsilon &;&\sigma \leq r<\lambda \sigma \\0&;&r\geq \lambda \sigma \end{array}}\right.

where $\Phi (r)$ is the intermolecular pair potential, r is the distance, σ is the hard diameter and λ > 1.

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-Square well model:
+The '''Square well model''' is given by
 :<math>
-V\left( r \right) =
+\Phi\left( r \right) =
 \left\{ \begin{array}{ccc}
 \infty & ; & r < \sigma \\
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 </math>
-where V(r) is the potential energy of interaction between pairs of particles, r is the distance, &sigma; is the hard diameter
+where <math>\Phi(r)</math> is the [[intermolecular pair potential]], r is the distance, &sigma; is the hard diameter
 and &lambda; &gt; 1.
 ==References==
 #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1712308      J. A. Barker and D. Henderson "Perturbation Theory and Equation of State for Fluids: The Square-Well Potential", Journal of Chemical Physics '''47''' pp. 2856-2861 (1967)]