Computing Vapor-Liquid Coexistence Curves for Metals
Marcus Martin, Multiscale Computational Materials Methods, Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800 Mail Stop 1110, Albuquerque, NM 87185-1110

Vapor-liquid coexistence curves are computed for metallic elements using the Towhee Monte Carlo molecular simulation package. Results are presented for several Embedded-Atom Method models of iron and for some Stillinger-Weber models of silicon. Deviations from the law of rectilinear diameters are observed over a significant temperature range, and a more complex set of equations for fitting coexistence densities is utilized to predict critical points. Finally, the highly non-ideal vapor pressures serve as a good test of the of the thermodynamic and virial methods for computing the pressure, and the relative merits of these two methods are discussed.

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Thermodynamic Properties and Phase Behavior: Part I

The Preliminary Program for 2005 Annual Meeting (Cincinnati, OH)