Document Type
Report
Source Publication Title
Technical Report 263
Abstract
For the study of phase-transition by molecular dynamics, the concept of local temperature is desirable. Such a concept, defined and studied previously for atoms, is extended in this paper to molecules. The fundamental formula involves Planck's constant, not Boltzmann's. Related dynamical calculations are described for approximating, theoretically, the melting points of N2, 02, CO, NO, and CH4, and the results are compared with those available experimentally.
Disciplines
Mathematics | Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Publication Date
11-1-1989
Language
English
License
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Recommended Citation
Greenspan, Donald, "Local Molecular Temperature" (1989). Mathematics Technical Papers. 160.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/math_technicalpapers/160