A new Monte Carlo method for calculating surface tension

摘要: A new Monte Carlo method for calculating the surface tension of a liquid is described. The based on direct evaluation free energy required to create surface, unlike earlier calculations which evaluated stress. It applied 6:12 fluid in conditions close triple point argon. calculated agrees within statistical uncertainty with previous estimates, but present much lower. Agreement experimental data argon not good, as should be expected; estimates effects using correct pair potential and particularly including three‐body interactions indicate that they would lead good agreement.