Abstract
This paper presents a simulation study of the packing of uniform fine-spherical particles where the van der Waals force is dominant. It is shown that porosity increases with the decreases of particle size from about 100 to 1 &mgr;m and the simulated relationship can match the literature data well. The packing structure of fine particles is qualitatively depicted by illustrative pictures and quantified in terms of radial distribution function, angular distribution, and coordination number. The results indicate that in line with the increase in porosity, the first component of the split second peak and then the other peaks beyond the second one in the radial distribution function gradually vanish; the first peak becomes narrower, with a sharp decrease to the first minimum. As particle size decreases, the peaks at 120 degrees and then 60 degrees in the angular distribution will gradually vanish; the coordination number distribution shifts to the left and becomes narrower. The mean coordination number can decrease to a value as low as two for 1 &mgr;m particles, giving a very loose and chainlike structure. The interparticle forces acting on individual particles in a stable packing are analyzed and shown to be related to the packing properties.
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