Abstract
Existing rigorous statistical approaches still cannot quantitatively describe condensation phenomena in real fluids and even model systems with some simplified interaction potential. Here, we present a method to evaluate the unlimited subcritical set of Mayer's reducible cluster integrals (the power coefficients of virial expansions) by using the information on several virial coefficients and empirical value of saturation activity. As to the requirements on the initial number of known virial coefficients, the calculations for the Lennard-Jones model indicate that only the second virial coefficient is sufficient to reproduce gas isotherms (including the flat phase-transition region) with high accuracy at low temperatures. This remarkable feature allows the simplification of the method for real fluids with an unknown interaction potential: In particular, the calculated isotherms of several real substances (including water) are in good agreement with experiments. Additionally, the obtained results indicate the existence of some important universality which needs serious future exploration.
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