Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.100, No.3, 2161-2169, 1994
A Monte-Carlo Study of the Liquid-Vapor Coexistence of Charged Hard-Spheres
We determine the liquid-vapor coexistence curve of the restricted primitive model of electrolytes by means of Monte Carlo simulations in the Gibbs ensemble. Our results confirm earlier findings of Panagiotopoulos [Fluid Phase Equilibria 76, 97 (1992)]. A study of the electrical properties of the two coexisting phases reveals that the second Stillinger-Lovett condition is verified in the liquid but not in the vapor. This means that the latter could be dielectric.
Keywords:RESTRICTED PRIMITIVE MODEL;ELECTRICAL-PROPERTIES;THEORETICAL ASPECTS;IONIC-SOLUTIONS;GIBBS ENSEMBLE;FLUIDS;SYSTEMS;SIMULATION;EQUILIBRIA