Maximum in density of electrolyte solutions: Learning about ion-water interactions and testing the Madrid-2019 force field

Autor: Lucía Fernández-Sedano, Jacobo Troncoso, Eva Noya, Carlos Vega, Samuel Blazquez Fernandez
Přispěvatelé: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Popis: 14 pags., 12 figs., 8 tabs. -- Dedicate this paper to the memory of C. Austen Angell
In this work, we studied the effect of Li+, Na+, K+, Mg2+, and Ca2+ chlorides and sulfates on the temperature of maximum density (TMD) of aqueous solutions at room pressure. Experiments at 1 molal salt concentration were carried out to determine the TMD of these solutions. We also performed molecular dynamics simulations to estimate the TMD at 1 and 2 m with the Madrid-2019 force field, which uses the TIP4P/2005 water model and scaled charges for the ions, finding an excellent agreement between experiment and simulation. All the salts studied in this work shift the TMD of the solution to lower temperatures and flatten the density vs temperature curves (when compared to pure water) with increasing salt concentration. The shift in the TMD depends strongly on the nature of the electrolyte. In order to explore this dependence, we have evaluated the contribution of each ion to the shift in the TMD concluding that Na+, Ca2+, and SO4 2- seem to induce the largest changes among the studied ions. The volume of the system has been analyzed for salts with the same anion and different cations. These curves provide insight into the effect of different ions upon the structure of water. We claim that the TMD of electrolyte solutions entails interesting physics regarding ion-water and water-water interactions and should, therefore, be considered as a test property when developing force fields for electrolytes. This matter has been rather unnoticed for almost a century now and we believe it is time to revisit it.
This project has been funded by Grant Nos. PID2019-105898GB-C21 and PID2020-115722GB-C22 of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. E.G.N. acknowledges Agencia Estatal de Investigación and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) (Grant No. PID2020-115722GB-C21)
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