Learning objectives
The course aims to provide an introduction to the modern theory of liquids, understood as the study of the phenomenology of fluids at the macroscopic level. <br />
In particular, theoretical methods will be studied that enable us to describe experimental results starting from the intermolecular forces.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
Generalities on the liquid state, classical liquids. <br />
Models of interaction potential between atoms and molecules, the role of the effects of excluded volume <br />
Distribution and structural functions. <br />
Theories of the liquid state. The Ornstein-Zernike equation. Integral equations: Percus-Yevick, HNC and MHNC. <br />
Solutions for the of hard sphere potential. Perturbation theory. <br />
Liquid-vapour phase transitions. Liquid mixtures and phase separations. Polymers in solution.
Full programme
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Bibliography
- J. P: Hansen and I. R. Mc Donald, Theory of simple liquids, Academic Press <br />
- P.A. Egelstaff, An introduction to the liquid state, Clarendon Press Oxford
Teaching methods
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Other information
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