Nucleation of NaCl nanoparticles in supercritical water: molecular dynamics simulations.
Nucleation of NaCl nanoparticles in supercritical water: molecular dynamics simulations.
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超临界水中 NaCl 纳米粒子的成核:分子动力学模拟。
DOI:
10.1021/jp709688g
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发表时间:
2008
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通讯作者:
I. M. Svishchev
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作者:
Istok G. Nahtigal;A. Zasetsky;I. M. Svishchev
Formation of NaCl nanoparticles in supercritical water is studied using molecular dynamics simulation method. We have simulated particle nucleation and growth in NaCl-H2O fluids, with salt concentration of 5.1 wt %, in the temperature and density range of 673-1073 K and 0.17-0.34 g/cm(3), respectively. The cluster size distributions, the size of critical nuclei and cluster lifetimes are reported. The size distribution of emerging clusters shows a very strong dependence on the system's density, with larger clusters forming at lower densities. Clusters consisting of approximately 14-24 ions appear critical for the thermodynamic states examined. The local structures of critical clusters are found to be amorphous. The lifetime values for clusters containing more than 20 ions are in the range of 10-50 ps. We have calculated the NaCl nucleation rates, which appear to be on the order of 10(28) cm(-3) s(-1).