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Molecular Physics: An International Journal at the Interface Between Chemistry and Physics

Volume 54, Issue 2, 1985

Molecular dynamics studies of dielectric behaviour and orientational correlations of liquid ethylene oxide (oxirane)

Molecular dynamics studies of dielectric behaviour and orientational correlations of liquid ethylene oxide (oxirane)

DOI:
10.1080/00268978500100371
P.A. Wielopolskiab & E.R. Smitha

pages 467-478

Available online: 23 Aug 2006

Abstract

We report molecular dynamics simulations of 64 model ethylene oxide (oxirane) molecules at a mass density of 0·9 g cm-3 and a temperature in the vicinity of 260 K. We obtained a dielectric constant of 12·6 ± 0·05 which compares well with the experimental value of 13·9 at 272·15 K.

 

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  • Available online: 23 Aug 2006

Author affiliations

  • a Mathematics Department, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
  • b Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

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