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Structural and entropic insights into the nature of the random-close -packing limit

Date

Authors

Anikeenko, A V

Medvedev, N.N.

Aste, Tomaso

Publisher

American Physical Society

Abstract

Disordered packings of equal sized spheres cannot be generated above the limiting density (fraction of volume occupied by the spheres) of ρ 0.64 without introducing some partial crystallization. The nature of this "random-close-packing" limit (RCP) is in

Keywords

Keywords: Computer simulation; Crystallization; Numerical methods; Random processes; Statistical mechanics; Random-close-packing; Saturation fraction; Density (specific gravity)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/39800

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Open Access Research

Source

Physical Review E-Statistical, Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevE.77.031101

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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