Virial (disambiguation)

The virial of a central interaction potential Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle v(r)} is defined by

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Apart from historical reasons, the virial features prominently classical thermodynamics (for example, see virial coefficients) and in simulation (see: virial pressure).

See also

• Virial theorem
• Virial pressure