Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2009-02-23
Molecular Physics volume 103 pp. 1-5 (2005)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
The preprint of the paper published in Molecular Physics, volume 103 pp. 1-5 (2005)
Scientific paper
10.1080/00268970412331293820
A number of crystal structures of water have been `superheated' in Monte Carlo simulations. Two well known models for water were considered; namely the TIP4P model and the SPC/E model. By comparing the fluid-solid coexistence temperature to the temperature at which the solid becomes mechanically unstable and melts it is possible to determine the typical range of temperatures over which is possible to superheat the ice phases in conventional simulation studies. It is found that the ice phases can be superheated to approximately 90K beyond the fluid-solid coexistence temperature. Beyond this limit they spontaneously melt. This limit appears to depend weakly both on the type of ice phase considered and on the chosen model. Obviously only rigorous free energy calculations can determine the equilibrium fluid-solid coexistence of a model. However, a "rule of thumb" is that, by subtracting 90K from the mechanically stability limit of the the ice phase one is provided with a first guess as to the equilibrium fluid-solid coexistence temperature.
Abascal Jose L. F.
MacDowell González L.
McBride Carl
Sanz Eduardo
Vega Carlos
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