Thermodynamic properties have been obtained using the matrix method for a two-dimensional honeycomb-lattice gas of hard molecules which prevent simultaneous occupancy of nearest-neighbor sites. Exact results have been obtained for cylinders of infinite length and finite circumference from 6 to 18 sites. Uniform trends with increasing circumference lend confidence to extrapolations used to infer the behavior of systems of infinite width. We find a great similarity with the corresponding square-lattice gas and a second-order phase transition at activity z=7.92±0.08, reduced pressure p/kT=1.12±0.05, and relative density ρ/ρ0=0.845±0.02. The compressibility appears to be infinite at the transition.
The temperature-dependent phase equilibrium of simple classical molecules has been studied, using a model based on the two-dimensional square lattice. The intermolecular potential includes a hard core extending to the first-neighbor distance and a finite interaction (attractive or repulsive) at the second-neighbor distance. The transfer matrix method of calculation is used for lattices of infinite length and finite circumference up to 16 sites. At all temperatures studied there is a single phase transition, which is of first order for attractive interactions at sufficiently low temperatures. The model best describes the equilibrium between solid and gas at low temperatures or the equilibrium between solid and supercritical fluid at high temperatures. The deficiencies in the model which exclude a liquidlike phase are discussed.
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