Exp-6 potential

The exp-6 potential is given by (Eq. 1 in ):

$\Phi _{12}(r)={\frac {\epsilon }{1-6/\alpha }}\left[\left({\frac {6}{\alpha }}\right)\exp \left[\alpha {\frac {1-r}{\sigma }}\right]-\left({\frac {\sigma }{r}}\right)^{6}\right]$

where

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• Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \Phi_{12}(r) } is the intermolecular pair potential between two particles or sites
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• Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \epsilon } is the well depth (energy)
• Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \alpha} is the "steepness" of the repulsive energy

See also

• Buckingham potential
• Lennard-Jones model

References

Related reading

• M. Ross and F. H. Ree "Repulsive forces of simple molecules and mixtures at high density and temperature", Journal of Chemical Physics 73 pp. 6146-6152 (1980)