virial

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These results are compared to the free volume equation of state and to a four-term virial coefficient expansion.

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  1. The sum of the attractions between all the pairs of particles of a system, each multiplied by the distance between the pair.
  2. Theorem of the virial the proposition that when a system of particles is in stationary motion its mean kinetic energy is equal to its virial.

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  • These results are compared to the free volume equation of state and to a four-term virial coefficient expansion. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • One is the virial coefficient, which measures the overlap between two shapes. —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • The distance where order turns to chaos is referred to as the cluster's "virial radius." —  Scientific Blogging
  • The contribution of bioinformatics to the prediction of metal-binding sequences in proteins and the role of molecular biology approaches for the detection of metal-dependent genes, proteins and metabolites are highlighted (115 references). acacia actin afm aggregation albumin alfa-lactalbumin allostery amorphous antibody-antigen antioxidant applications bapta barnase bd beta-lactoglobulin binding bioinformatics born ca ca_chain_models calbindin calcium-binding calmodulin calorimetry cancer caseins channel charge-regulation chemistry2 chitosan cholesterol chymotrypsin chymotrypsinogen clays coacervate complexation concentration-effect continnum copper_proteins counterion-condensation database debye-huckel design dielectric discontinuities dna docking double_layer drug-delivery drug-design dvlo effective-potentials electrophoresis electrostatics emulsions entropy enzyme fatty-acids ferritin fibril fibroin flexibility fluid fluorescence folding food force-fields free_energy fructose fulleran gama-globulin gel-filtration gels generalized hamaker hemoglobin hirudin history hiv hofmeister hyaluronic hydrophobicity influenza intermolecular-forces ion-binding ionic-strength ion-pairs lactoferrin lactoperoxidase lattice_models lidocaine lie light-scattering liquids lysozyme mc mc-sampling md membrane micelles microcapsules microscopic modeling multiscale_modeling myosin nacl nanotubes non-electrostatic on-the-wrong-side oppositely-charged ovalbumin paa patch pb pdmdaac pectin ph phase_diagram ph-effect pi pk pka polarizable polyelectrolytes polymer prion protein protein-family protein-peptide protein-polyelectrolyte protein-protein protein-surface pvs qmmm raman ribonuclease rmc rnasea separation soft_matter solvation spectophotometry spectroscopy structural-changes tanford-kirkwood thrombin thrombomodulin titration toxin turbidity tyrosinase van-der-waals virial water whey widom xanthan zeolites zeta-potential CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Even when the monomer is stable on its own, binding sometimes occurs fastest through unfolded intermediates, thus showing the speedup envisioned in the fly-casting scenario for molecular recognition. acacia actin afm aggregation albumin alfa-lactalbumin allostery amorphous antibody-antigen antioxidant applications bapta barnase bd beta-lactoglobulin binding bioinformatics born ca ca_chain_models calbindin calcium-binding calmodulin calorimetry cancer caseins channel charge-regulation chemistry2 chitosan cholesterol chymotrypsin chymotrypsinogen clays coacervate complexation concentration-effect continnum copper_proteins counterion-condensation database debye-huckel design dielectric discontinuities dna docking double_layer drug-delivery drug-design dvlo effective-potentials electrophoresis electrostatics emulsions entropy enzyme fatty-acids ferritin fibril fibroin flexibility fluid fluorescence folding food force-fields free_energy fructose fulleran gama-globulin gel-filtration gels generalized hamaker hemoglobin hirudin history hiv hofmeister hyaluronic hydrophobicity influenza intermolecular-forces ion-binding ionic-strength ion-pairs lactoferrin lactoperoxidase lattice_models lidocaine lie light-scattering liquids lysozyme mc mc-sampling md membrane micelles microcapsules microscopic modeling multiscale_modeling myosin nacl nanotubes non-electrostatic on-the-wrong-side oppositely-charged ovalbumin paa patch pb pdmdaac pectin ph phase_diagram ph-effect pi pk pka polarizable polyelectrolytes polymer prion protein protein-family protein-peptide protein-polyelectrolyte protein-protein protein-surface pvs qmmm raman ribonuclease rmc rnasea separation soft_matter solvation spectophotometry spectroscopy structural-changes tanford-kirkwood thrombin thrombomodulin titration toxin turbidity tyrosinase van-der-waals virial water whey widom xanthan zeolites zeta-potential CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
 

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  1. After G. virial (Clausius, 1870), from Latin vis (vir-), force: see vim, vis.
 

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