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| Title: | Nosé-Hoover simulations of aqueous mixtures of small alcohols |
| Authors: | Holta, Randi Toreskås |
| Issue Date: | 1996 |
| Abstract: | We have performed constant energy and constant temperature equilibrium molecular
dynamics simulations of model liquids of water, methanol, and ethanol, and of the binary aqueous mixtures of the alcohols at mole fractions alcohol of 0.25, 0.50, and
0.75 at room temperature. The total number of molecules is 256 and the integration
timestep is 0.5fs.
The molecules are modelled with rigid, nonpolarizable effective site potentials. The
TIP4P model is applied for water, and the OPLS models for methanol and ethanol
(trans).
The thermostatically controlled simulations are performed within the Nose-Hoover
formalism, with separate temperature control of the translational and rotational degrees
of freedom. Reservoir coupling in the mixtures is determined as a weighted average
of the liquid values.
We present enthalpies of vaporization and excess configurational energies for the
mixtures. Further, we show all radial site-site correlation functions for the self- and
cross-interactions. We also present results for self-diffusion coefficients for the components,
and the velocity auto correlations functions.
The NVT simulations are investigated with respect to the possibility of reproducing
the canonical ensemble. We find that the simulations are not entirely within the premises
of the canonical ensemble. We suggest that this is due to a too weak coupling
(too large heat bath mass). The results are nevertheless found to be in good agreement
with experiments and published simulational studies.
The NVE simulations for the mixtures reproduce the desired temperature well.
The energy conservation is good and improves with decreasing water content.
Effects of using only trans-ethanol might be seen for the self-diffusion coefficients.
Structural results for both the model alcohols are found to be consistent with V-chains.
Upon addition of water, methyl-methyl coordination numbers for both alcohols
decrease less than the hydroxyl coordination numbers. |
| Keywords: | Alcohols
Simulations
Liquids |
| Publisher: | Høgskolen i Telemark |
| Document type: | PhD thesis |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2282/369 |
| ISBN: | 82-7119-963-3 |
| Appears in Collections: | Doktorgradsavhandlinger i prosess- energi og automatiseringsteknikk
Institutt for prosess-, energi- og miljøteknologi
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