Reversible transient nucleation in ionic solutions as the precursor of ion crystallization

分类： 物理学 >> 交叉学科物理及相关领域的科学与技术 提交时间： 2016-05-04

Ren Gan Wang Yan-Ting

摘要： Molecular dynamics simulations for aqueous sodium chloride solutions were carried out at various concentrations. Supplementary to the Debye-Huckel theory, reversible transient nucleation of ions was observed even in dilute solutions. The average size of formed ion clusters and the lifetime of ion pairs increases with concentration until the saturation point, when ion clusters become stable and individual ions adjust their positions to form ordered lattice structures, leading to irreversible ion crystallization, which is beyond the description of the classical nucleation theory.

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