Estimation of the available surface and the jamming coverage in the Random Sequential Adsorption of a binary mixture of disks

A simple analytical expression is proposed for the area available to a disk on a surface for a Random Sequential Adsorption (RSA) of binary mixtures of disks. The expression was obtained by combining the low-order terms of the density expansion of the available area with the asymptotic behaviour of the surface coverage near the jamming point. Comparison with Monte Carlo simulations shows that this approach provides a fair estimation of the jamming coverage for both kinds of disks. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.