The Intramolecular Pressure and the Extension of the Critical Point’s Influence Zone on the Order Parameter

Figure 6

Surface tension of ethane as a function of the temperature. The continuous line represents experimental results [6]. Triangle, rectangles, and plus symbols represent simulations results using the OPLS, flexible TraPPE, and rigid TraPPE potentials, respectively [8, 9]. Circles represent results of this work using the flexible MIE potential.