A simple analytic expression with high precision for the radial distribution function of hard spheres is proposed. The form of the expression has been carefully selected to combine the well-known Camahan-Starling equation of state in it and satisfy the limit condition at low density, its simplicity and precision is superior to the well-known Percus-Yevick expression. The coefficients contained in the expression have been determined by fitting the Monte Carlo data for the first coordination shell, and by fitting both the Monte Carlo data and the numerical results of the Percus-Yevick expression for the second coordination shell. The expression has been applied to develop simple analytic equations of state for the hard-core single, double Yukawa fluids, and the hard-core Yukawa mixtures. The comparisons show that the agreement of our model with the computer simulation data is slightly better than the mean spherical approximation and other analytic models.

• Received 12 July 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.68.061503