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Study of self-association of water in supercritical CO2 by Monte Carlo simulation: Does water have a specific interaction with CO2?

Tafazzoli, M ; Sharif University of Technology | 2008

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1016/j.fluid.2008.02.022
  3. Publisher: 2008
  4. Abstract:
  5. The extent of the self-association of water in supercritical CO2 has been investigated in a wide range of density and temperature by the test particle insertion technique. The results show that the association constant for water decreases with temperature and weakly depends on CO2 density. This weak density dependence provides evidence for the lack of a strong specific CO2-water interaction. Comparing calculated association constants with its gas-phase values shows that the association constant is at most ca. 38% lower than its gas-phase value in the high density-low temperature region. Inspection of the simulated radial distribution functions revealed that forming modest water-CO2 complexes does not result in substantial interference in H-bonding of water molecules. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
  6. Keywords:
  7. Carbon dioxide ; Complexation ; Computation theory ; Association constant ; Radial distribution functions ; Water molecules ; Computation theory ; Monte Carlo methods ; Supercritical fluids
  8. Source: Fluid Phase Equilibria ; Volume 267, Issue 2 , 2008 , Pages 181-187 ; 03783812 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378381208000885