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PMMA-PHSA particles serve as the hard sphere model system since the 1980s. We investigate the fluid structure of fluorescent ones in three different solvents by laser scanning confocal microscopy: a decalin-tetrachloroethylene (TCE)-mixture and a decalin-cyclohexylbromide (CHB)-mixture with and without tetrabutylammoniumbromide (TBAB). The experimental 3D radial distribution functions are modeled by analytical theory and computer simulations taking polydispersity and the experimental position uncertainty into account. The quantitative comparison between experiment and simulation/theory establishes hard sphere like behavior for particles in decalin-TCE for a wide range of particle packing fractions. To the best of our knowledge, we present the first experimental dataset of a fluid structure that agrees convincingly with Percus-Yevick over a wide concentration range. Furthermore, charged sphere behavior is confirmed both for the decalin-CHB and the decalin-CHB-TBAB solvents, and it is demonstrated that a finite particle concentration reduces screening in the decalin-CHB-TBAB system compared to the bulk solvent.
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