Vapor-liquid phase equilibria of water modelled by a Kim-Gordon potential
Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo simulations were carried out to investigate the properties of a frozen-electron-density (or Kim-Gordon, KG) model of water along the vapor-liquid coexistence curve. Because of its theoretical basis, such a KG model provides for seamless coupling to Kohn-Sham density functional theory for use in mixed quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) implementations. The Gibbs ensemble simulations indicate rather limited transferability of such a simple KG model to other state points. Specifically, a KG model that was parameterized by Barker and Sprik to the properties of liquid water at 300 K, yields saturated vapor pressures and a critical temperature that are significantly under- and overestimated, respectively. We present a comprehensive density functional theory study to asses the accuracy of two popular exchange correlation functionals on the structure and density of liquid water at ambient conditions This work was supported by the US Department of Energy Office of Basic Energy Science Chemical Sciences Program. Battelle operates Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for the US Department of Energy.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 965562
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-65630; CHPLBC; KC0301020; TRN: US200920%%341
- Journal Information:
- Chemical Physics Letters, 479(1-3):60-64, Vol. 479, Issue 1-3; ISSN 0009-2614
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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