Gunnar Karlström
Professor emeritus
Combined quantum chemical statistical mechanical simulations of Mg2+, Ca2+ and Sr2+ in water
Author
Summary, in English
We report results from a theoretical study on the solvation of the divalent cations of Mg, Ca and Sr in water at infinite dilution. The ions are treated at the Hartree-Fock level with an explicit solvent model. Electrostatics, polarization and exchange repulsion contribute to the Hamiltonian. The dominating coordination number for the ions increases from 6 for Mg through 7 for Ca to 8 for Sr. A broadening of the first peak in the radial distribution function is seen when going down the periodic system. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Department/s
- Computational Chemistry
Publishing year
2006
Language
English
Pages
436-439
Publication/Series
Chemical Physics Letters
Volume
429
Issue
4-6
Document type
Article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Theoretical Chemistry (including Computational Chemistry)
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0009-2614