Critical behaviour of two-dimensional Lennard-Jones fluid mixtures: a mean field study

Abstract

The critical behaviour of two-dimensional Lennard-Jones fluid binary mixtures is investigated by using thermodynamic perturbation theory. Preliminary results show that the critical curves for the two-dimensional mixtures exhibit the same behaviour as that found in the corresponding three-dimensional fluid binary mixtures, with similar shortcomings as those found in mean field theories.

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