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DIELECTRIC-RELAXATION OF ELECTROLYTE-SOLUTIONS - IS THERE REALLY A KINETIC DIELECTRIC DECREMENT

TitleDIELECTRIC-RELAXATION OF ELECTROLYTE-SOLUTIONS - IS THERE REALLY A KINETIC DIELECTRIC DECREMENT
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1993
AuthorsChandra, A, Wei, DQ, Patey, GN
JournalJournal of Chemical Physics
Volume98
Pagination4959-4966
Date PublishedMar
Type of ArticleArticle
ISBN Number0021-9606
KeywordsAQUEOUS-ELECTROLYTES, COMPUTER-SIMULATION, CONSTANT, DISPERSION, DYNAMICS, ELECTROSTATIC SYSTEMS, friction, MOLECULAR THEORY, PERIODIC BOUNDARY-CONDITIONS, polarization
Abstract

The dielectric behavior of model electrolyte solutions is studied by molecular dynamics simulations. For the systems considered, it is found that the zero-frequency dielectric constant depends only on equilibrium properties and that there is no measurable ’’kinetic dielectric decrement.’’ A theoretical explanation of the simulation results is presented. It is argued that no kinetic dielectric decrement exists for spherical ions in solvents of arbitrary molecular symmetry.

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