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The hard ellipsoid-of-revolution fluid

II. The y-expansion equation of state

B.M. Mulder Institute for Theoretical Physics Rijksuniversiteit, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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D. Frenkel Fysisch Laboratorium, Rijksuniversiteit, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Pages 1193-1215 | Received 05 Mar 1985, Accepted 25 Mar 1985, Published online: 12 Aug 2006

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