Statistical mechanics of powder mixtures

Anita Mehta and S.F. Edwards

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1989, vol. 157, issue 3, 1091-1100

Abstract: In this paper we use a new formulation of the statistical mechanics of powders to develop a theory for a mixture of grains of two different sizes. We map this problem onto the spin formulation of the eight-vertex model and reproduce the features of the phase separation diagram of the powder mixture that we would intuitively be led to expect. Finally, we discuss the insight afforded by this solution on the “thermodynamic” quantities of interest in the powder mixture.

Date: 1989
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(89)90035-6

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