Nonlocal gravity-induced density profiles in gases near the critical point

J.V. Sengers and J.M.J. Van Leeuwen

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1982, vol. 116, issue 3, 345-367

Abstract: The gravitational field induces density gradients in gases near the critical point. These density gradients are usually evaluated with the assumption that the relationship between the local density and local chemical potential is the same as for a macroscopic system in thermodynamic equilibrium. Very close to the critical point the assumption of local equilibrium ceases to be valid. In this paper we obtain the actual density profiles including nonlocal effects. For this purpose we extend the theory of van der Waals and of Fisk and Widom for the interfacial density profile below the critical temperature to the one-phase region above the critical temperature. The nonlocal effects in the density profiles are found to be significant in temperature intervals that are accessible with currently available experimental techniques for temperature control.

Date: 1982
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(82)90164-9

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