Research Article

CuCl Complexation in the Vapor Phase: Insights from Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Table 2

Number of H2O molecules and H-bonds from MD simulations for different density and water fugacity at 350°C.

densityn(H2O) within 5 Å of CuCl0Total H-bondsn(H2O) in H-bonds
cluster
Total H-bonds
per water molecule

0.02531.7242.724.782.580.09
0.025591.7692.594.622.240.08
0.03651.8133.837.854.110.14
0.04751.8753.998.354.380.15
0.06941.9733.659.773.360.18
0.081052.0214.0412.913.690.23
0.091122.0494.0813.574.140.25