About the Usage of Scaling Parameters in the Scaled Particle Theory of Mixtures of Non-Additive Hard Spheres

Abstract

Abstract A new simple equation of state is derived for symmetric and asymmetric mixtures of non-additive hard spheres. The derivation of the equation of state is reminiscent of the scaled particle theory. However, this method uses two scaling parameters, which depend on the composition of the mixture. As a result, the equation of state presented here approaches in a natural way the limit of the one component fluid. This feature of the present theory stands in sharp contrast to common scaled particle theories for non-additive hard spheres, where the one component limit has an unphysical dependence on the non-additivity. The equation of state can be used for mixtures of particles that differ in size and has a second and a third virial coefficient which are exact up to first order in the non-additivity. The compressibility factors and the demixing densities predicted by the present equation of state are in fairly good agreement which available MC data.