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PROGRESS in the theory of mixtures is limited by the lack of adequate approximate solutions of the classical many-body problem. Thus at densities greater than those appropriate to the virial expansion no satisfactory estimate of the properties of mixtures is possible. However, the Monte Carlo method enables the evaluation of the many-dimensional configurational integral to be performed by a sampling procedure. The method is applicable to any form of intermolecular potential.
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SMITH, E., LEA, K. A Monte Carlo Equation of State for Mixtures of Hard-Sphere Molecules. Nature 186, 714 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186714a0
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