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2.3. S HAPE EFFECTS OF K IRKWOOD –B UFF I NTEGRALS 2 35 (a) (b) Figure 2.4: (a) KBIs of finite subvolumes, G V / σ 3 vs. the inverse of the surface area to volume ratio of the subvolume, A . σ / V . The KBIs are found by numerically integrating G V αβ for 3 D subvolumes (Table 1.1) . The RDF of Eq. (2.6) has parameters σ = 1 and χ = 2. (b) The ratio of w ( r ) computed using Eq. (2.7) to numerical w ( r ) of subvolumes with L = 1 and different shapes.