Determination of the structural properties of the aqueous electrolyte LiCl6H2O at the supercooled state using the Reverse Monte Carlo (RMC) simulation

A structural study of an aqueous electrolyte whose experimental results are available. It is a solution of LiCl6H2O type at supercooled state (162K) contrasted with pure water at room temperature by means of Partial Distribution Functions (PDF) issue from neutron scattering technique. The aqueous electrolyte solution of the chloride lithium LiC1 presents interesting properties which is studied by different methods at different concentration and thermodynamical states: This system possesses the property to become a glass through a metastable supercooled state when the temperature decreases. Based on these partial functions, the Reverse Monte Carlo method (RMC) computes radial correlation functions which allow exploring a number of structural features of the system. The purpose of the RMC is to produce a consistent configuration with the experimental data. They are usually the most important in the limit of systematic errors (of unknown distribution).