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Title: A molecular-thermodynamic model for polyelectrolyte solutions

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.475438· OSTI ID:565686
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  1. Thermodynamics Research Laboratory, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237 (China)
  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)

Polyelectrolyte solutions are modeled as freely tangent-jointed, charged hard-sphere chains and corresponding counterions in a continuum medium with permitivity {var_epsilon}. By adopting the sticky-point model, the Helmholtz function for polyelectrolyte solutions is derived through the r-particle cavity-correlation function (CCF) for chains of sticky, charged hard spheres. The r-CCF is approximated by a product of effective nearest-neighbor two-particle CCFs; these are determined from the hypernetted-chain and mean-spherical closures (HNC/MSA) inside and outside the hard core, respectively, for the integral equation theory for electrolytes. The colligative properties are given as explicit functions of a scaling parameter {Gamma} that can be estimated by a simple iteration procedure. Osmotic pressures, osmotic coefficients, and activity coefficients are calculated for model solutions with various chain lengths. They are in good agreement with molecular simulation and experimental results. {copyright} {ital 1998 American Institute of Physics.}

OSTI ID:
565686
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 108, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English