Why is Random Close Packing Reproducible?

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We link the thermodynamics of colloidal suspensions to the statistics of regular and random packings. Random close packing has defied a rigorous definition yet, in three dimensions, there is near universal agreement on the volume fraction at which it occurs.We conjecture that the common value of фrcp ≈ 0.64 arises from a divergence in the rate at which accessible states disappear.We relate this rate to the equation of state for a hard-sphere fluid on a metastable, noncrystalline branch.

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2007-10-09
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Suggested Citation: Kamien, R.D. and Liu, A.J. (2007). Why is Random Close Packing Reproducible? Physical Review Letters. 99, 155501. © 2007 The American Physical Society http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.155501
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