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Free Energies in the Landau and Molecular Field Approaches

J. Katriel Department of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 32000, Haifa, Israel
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G. F. Kventsel Department of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 32000, Haifa, Israel; Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO9 5NH, England
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G. R. Luckhurst Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO9 5NH, England
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T. J. Sluckin Faculty of Mathematical Studies, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO9 5NH, England; Department of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 32000, Haifa, Israel
Pages 337-355 | Received 07 Apr 1986, Accepted 12 May 1986, Published online: 06 Nov 2007

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