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Path-Integral Calculation of Cross Second Virial Coefficients for Hydrogen Isotopologues
Published
Author(s)
Allan H. Harvey, Giovanni Garberoglio
Abstract
We use the path-integral Monte Carlo technique and a recent high-accuracy six-dimensional potential to compute the cross second virial coefficients for all unlike pairs among the hydrogen isotopologues H2, D2, T2, HD, HT, and DT. Values are calculated from 15 K to 2000 K for these quantities where experimental information is almost completely absent. It is found that the commonly assumed arithmetic mean of the pure-component values does not provide a good approximation for the cross coefficients below approximately 50 K, especially for pairs containing H2.
Harvey, A.
and Garberoglio, G.
(2013),
Path-Integral Calculation of Cross Second Virial Coefficients for Hydrogen Isotopologues, International Journal of Thermophysics, [online], https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-013-1440-0
(Accessed October 28, 2025)