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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
卷 139, 期 23, 页码 -出版社
AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/1.4840675
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- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK) (EPSRC)
- European Research Council
- Royal Society through a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
- Royal Society
- University College London (UCL)
- EPSRC
- EPSRC [EP/F067496]
- Office of Science and Technology through EPSRC's High End Computing Programme
- EPSRC [EP/E503969/1, EP/F013612/1, EP/F067496/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/F067496/1, EP/F013612/1, EP/E503969/1] Funding Source: researchfish
The dissolution of NaCl in water is one of the most common everyday processes, yet it remains poorly understood at the molecular level. Here we report the results of an extensive density functional theory study in which the initial stages of NaCl dissolution have been examined at low water coverages. Our specific approach is to study how the energetic cost of moving an ion or a pair of ions to a less coordinated site at the surface of various NaCl crystals varies with the number of water molecules adsorbed on the surface. This microsolvation approach allows us to study the dependence of the defect energies on the number of water molecules in the cluster and thus to establish when and where dissolution becomes favorable. Moreover, this approach allows us to understand the roles of the individual ions and water molecules in the dissolution process. Consistent with previous work we identify a clear preference for dissolution of Cl ions over Na ions. However, the detailed information obtained here leads to the conclusion that the process is governed by the higher affinity of the water molecules to Na ions than to Cl ions. The Cl ions are released first as this exposes more Na ions at the surface creating favorable adsorption sites for water. We discuss how this mechanism is likely to be effective for other alkali halides. (C) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.
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