Abstract
Phase transitions due to size asymmetry in 2:1 and 3:1 hard-core model electrolytes were studied. Simulations were performed using fine-discretization methodology. Grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations with multihistogram reweighting were used for the study. Large multivalent ions were found to exhibit normal gas-liquid transitions. Extrapolation results suggested absence of such transitions for small multivalent ions with large monovalent counterions.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 045701 |
| Pages (from-to) | 457011-457014 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical review letters |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - Jan 28 2002 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Physics and Astronomy