Toward the understanding of hydration phenomena in aqueous electrolytes from the interplay of theory, molecular simulation, and experiment

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• 作者：Ariel A. Chialvo^a ; ^{chialvoaa@ornl.gov" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Lukas Vlcek^a ; ^b
• 关键词：Molecular simulation ; Aqueous electrolytes ; Ion pair association ; Neutron diffraction with isotopic substitution ; Heavy water ; Null-environments
• 刊名：Fluid Phase Equilibria
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：15 January 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：407
• 期：Complete
• 页码：84-104
• 全文大小：3053 K

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We study the microstructural analysis of aqueous electrolytes and present a detailed account of the fundamentals underlying the neutron scattering with isotopic substitution (NDIS) approach for the experimental determination of ion coordination numbers in systems involving both halide anions and oxyanions. We place particular emphasis on the frequently overlooked ion-pairing phenomenon, identify its microstructural signature in the neutron-weighted distribution functions, and suggest novel techniques to deal with either the estimation of the ion-pairing magnitude or the correction of its effects on the experimentally measured coordination numbers. We illustrate the underlying ideas by applying these new developments to the interpretation of four NDIS test-cases via molecular simulation, as convenient dry runs for the actual scattering experiments, for representative aqueous electrolyte solutions at ambient conditions involving metal halides and nitrates.