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   COLLOQUIUM OF THE LABORATORY FOR COMPUTER DESIGN OF MATERIALS        
                   School of Computational Sciences	
                           (CSI 898-Sec 001) 
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                 A brief look at supercritical fluids through the 
                        molecular dyanamics window.

                            Raymond D. Mountain

               Physical and Chemical Properties Division 
    National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

Molecular Dynamics Simulations are an important tool in the study
of condensed matter.  In this talk, I will show how new/interesting
things can be learned about matter and the world around us by means
of the specific example of solvation of molecules in supercritical water.
A brief review of how statistical mechanics provides a molecular level
basis for Thermodynamics will show how the dynamics of molecules is
connected with phenomena observable in the laboratory.

                         Monday , February 5, 2001
                                  4:30 pm
                        Room 206, Science & Tech. I

Refreshments will be served at 4:15 PM.
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