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Theories based on the solution to integral equations for the pair correlation fiinctions are now well developed and widely employed in numerical and analytic studies of simple fluids [6]. Furtlier improvements for simple fluids would require better approximations for the bridge fiinctions B(r). It has been suggested that these fiinctions can be scaled to the same fiinctional fomi for different potentials. The extension of integral equation theories to molecular fluids was first accomplished by Chandler and Andersen [30] through the introduction of the site-site direct correlation fiinction c r) between atoms in each molecule and a site-site Omstein-Zemike relation called the reference interaction site... 

Waisman E and Lebowitz J K 1972 Mean spherical model integral equation for charged hard spheres... 

Upon substitution of Gq into equation (A3.11.29) we generate the following integral equation for the solution jJ that is associated with C ... 

Two different functions J(U) are used in Eq. (24-99) so that on integrating, equations for the current and potential distribution are obtained ... 

Alternative integral equations for the cavity functions of hard spheres can be derived [61,62] using geometrical and physical arguments. Theories and results for hard sphere systems based on geometric approaches include the scaled particle theory [63,64], and related theories [65,66], and approaches based on zero-separation theorems [67,68]. These geometric theories have been reviewed by Stell [69]. 

In order to develop integral equations for the correlation functions, we consider the system composed of N polydisperse spheres. The average density of particles with diameter <7, is given by... 

The present chapter is organized as follows. We focus first on a simple model of a nonuniform associating fluid with spherically symmetric associative forces between species. This model serves us to demonstrate the application of so-called first-order (singlet) and second-order (pair) integral equations for the density profile. Some examples of the solution of these equations for associating fluids in contact with structureless and crystalline solid surfaces are presented. Then we discuss one version of the density functional theory for a model of associating hard spheres. All aforementioned issues are discussed in Sec. II. 

Now, we would like to comment on some general features of the solutions of integral equations for the local density. We use superscripts H and P to abbreviate the solutions of the HNCl and PYl equations (6) and (7), respectively. By considering the limiting behavior of the cavity functions inside the solid one obtains... 

Second-Order Integral Equations for Associating Fluids As mentioned above in Sec. II A, the second-order theory consists of simultaneous evaluation of the one-particle (density profile) and two-particle distribution functions. Consequently, the theory yields a much more detailed description of the interfacial phenomena. In the case of confined simple fluids, the PY2 and HNC2 approaches are able to describe surface phase transitions, such as wetting and layering transitions, in particular see, e.g.. Ref. 84. 

Theoretical investigations of quenched-annealed systems have been initiated with success by Madden and Glandt [15,16] these authors have presented exact Mayer cluster expansions of correlation functions for the case when the matrix subsystem is generated by quenching from an equihbrium distribution, as well as for the case of arbitrary distribution of obstacles. However, their integral equations for the correlation functions... 

It is well known that it is difficult to solve numerically integral equations for models with Coulomb interaction [69,70]. One needs to develop a renormalization scheme for the long-range terms of ion-ion correlations. Here we must do that for ROZ equations. 

Wilkinson" has generalized the fractional time method in the following way. For rate equation dcldt = —kc", the integrated equation, for n 1, is... 

Figure 7 shows schematically the main components of the water balance in soils, the integral equation for which in terms used in the figure can be written as follows ... 

Exercise Derive the integral equation for the stationary density function/(x) by differentiating the expression in F(x) with respect to x. 

We have given the integrated equations for simple first- and second-order kinetics. For integrated equations for a large number of kinetic types, see Margerison, D. Ref. 52, p. 361. See Hammett, L.P. Ref 42, p. 62. 

Considerable progress has been made in the last decade in the development of more analytical methods for studying the structural and thermodynamic properties of liquids. One particularly successful theoretical approach is. based on an Ornstein-Zernike type integral equation for determining the solvent structure of polar liquids as well as the solvation of solutes.Although the theory provides a powerful tool for elucidating the structure of liquids in... 

F. Hirata and R. M. Levy, A New RISM Integral Equation for Solvated Polymers, Chem. Phys. Lett., in press. 

The K-matrix method is essentially a configuration interaction (Cl) performed at a fixed energy lying in the continuum upon a basis of "unperturbed funetions that (at the formal level) includes both diserete and eontinuous subsets. It turns the Schrodinger equation into a system of integral equations for the K-matrix elements, which is then transformed into a linear system by a quadrature upon afinite L basis set. 

The above equation yields to the following integral equation for kd,... 

To determine cos one should solve the set of f integral equations for probabilities of degeneration u 0(r),...,u f 1 (r) and substitute these functions into functional 0) [u] ( q. 62). Numerical solution of these equations by means of the iteration method presents no difficulties since the integral operator is a contrac-... 

There are many varieties of density functional theories depending on the choice of ideal systems and approximations for the excess free energy functional. In the study of non-uniform polymers, density functional theories have been more popular than integral equations for a variety of reasons. A survey of various theories can be found in the proceedings of a symposium on chemical applications of density functional methods [102]. This section reviews the basic concepts and tools in these theoretical methods including techniques for numerical implementation. 

As expected from the presence of nonlinear terms in the boundary conditions, no analytical solution for the problem defined by equations (1)—(6) is available to our knowledge, so a numerical strategy is applied here. As seen in ref. [22], the problem given by the differential equation (1) with boundary conditions (4)—(6) can be recast in the form of an integral equation for cm(/o, t) ... 

This equation is readily transformed to an integral equation for different from i and in <— k,- Y(z] — k )) never appear in two successive collision operators because otherwise we would get a negligible contribution in the limit of an infinite system moreover as these dummy particles have zero wave vectors in the initial state, they have a Maxwellian distribution of velocities (see Eq. (418)). This allows us to write Eq. (A.74) in the compact form ... 

This integral equation for Q reduces in the limit of instantaneous collisions (t (Aco)-1) to a closed differential equation for 1ITZ ... 

Tjon has also written an integral equation for the diagonal elements of Mt, in the representation in which z + F(0) is diagonal. He therefore assumes that the non-secular perturbation V = 2 F(8) has matrix elements with randomly varying... 

COUPLING OF HOMOGENEOUS CHEMICAL REACTIONS leading to a simple integral equation for i//, ... 

Integral Equations for th Order Reaction of a Single Reactant... 

Integral Equations for Reactions Involving More than One Reactants... 

The study of liquids near solid surfaces using microscopic (atomistic-based) descriptions of liquid molecules is relatively new. Given a potential energy function for the interaction between liquid molecules and between the liquid molecules and the solid surface, the integral equation for the liquid density profile and the liquid molecules orientation can be solved approximately, or the molecular dynamics method can be used to calculate these and many other structural and dynamic properties. In applying these methods to water near a metal surface, care must be taken to include additional features that are unique to this system (see later discussion). 

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