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ms2: A Molecular Simulation Tool for Thermodynamic Properties

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2. Details of<strong>ms2</strong><br />

This section provides a closer insight into<strong>ms2</strong> and the implemented equations.<br />

2.1. Reduced quantities<br />

The simulation program<strong>ms2</strong> internally uses reduced quantities <strong>for</strong> its calculations. All quantities are reduced by<br />

a reference lengthσR, a reference energyǫR and a reference massmR, respectively.<br />

Table 1: Important physical quantities in their reduced <strong>for</strong>m. Note thatε0 indicates the permittivity of the vaccum<br />

ε0 = 8.854187×10 −12 A 2 s 4 kg −1 m −3 .<br />

length l∗ = l<br />

σR<br />

energy u∗ = u<br />

ǫR<br />

mass m∗ = m<br />

time t ∗ = t<br />

mR<br />

<br />

ǫR<br />

σR mR<br />

piston mass Q∗ 4<br />

p =QpσR<br />

mR<br />

temperature T ∗ = TkB<br />

ǫR<br />

pressure p ∗ = pσ3 R<br />

ǫR<br />

density ρ ∗ =ρσ 3 R NA<br />

volume V ∗ = V<br />

σ 3 R<br />

chemical potential ˜µ = µ<br />

kBT<br />

point charge q∗ 1 q<br />

= √ √<br />

4πε0 ǫRσR<br />

dipole moment µ ∗ 1 µ<br />

= √ <br />

4πε0 ǫRσ3 R<br />

quadrupole moment Q∗ 1 Q<br />

= √ <br />

4πε0 ǫRσ5 R<br />

diffusion coefficient D∗ D<br />

=<br />

σ mR/εR<br />

viscosity η ∗ = ησ2 R<br />

√ mRεR<br />

thermal conductivity λ ∗ =<br />

5<br />

kB<br />

λσ 2 R<br />

mR/εR

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