Methane

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Methane

Methane (CH4) is the first in the homologous series of alkanes.

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[edit] Lennard-Jones parameters

Methane is sometimes simulated as a single Lennard-Jones site using a united-atom model. Some Lennard-Jones parameters for methane are listed in the following table:

Force-field \(\epsilon/k_B\) (K) \(\sigma\) (nm) Reference
OPLS 147.9 0.373 [1]
TraPPE 148 0.373 [2]

[edit] Three-body model

A Hauschild and Prausnitz [3] like three-body potential has been developed by Abbaspour [4], building on the OPLS model.

[edit] Plastic crystal phase

The methane has a plastic crystal phase.

[edit] References

  1. William L. Jorgensen, Jeffry D. Madura, Carol J. Swenson "Optimized intermolecular potential functions for liquid hydrocarbons", Journal of the American Chemical Society 106 pp. 6638–6646 (1984)
  2. Marcus G. Martin and J. Ilja Siepmann "Transferable potentials for phase equilibria. 1. United-atom description of n-alkanes,", The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 102, pp. 2569-2577 (1998)
  3. T. Hauschild and J. M. Prausnitz "Monte-Carlo Calculations for Methane and Argon over a Wide Range of Density and Temperature, Including the Two-Phase Vapor-Liquid Region", Molecular Simulation 11 pp. 177-185 (1993)
  4. M. Abbaspour "Computation of some thermodynamics, transport, structural properties, and new equation of state for fluid methane using two-body and three-body intermolecular potentials from molecular dynamics simulation", Journal of Molecular Liquids 161 pp. 30-35 (2011)

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