Computing solubility and thermodynamics properties of H2O2 in water

Tijin H. G. Saji; José Manuel Vicent-Luna; Thijs J. H. Vlugt; Sofía Calero; Behnaz Bagheri

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Computing solubility and thermodynamics properties of H2O2 in water

Tijin H. G. Saji·José Manuel Vicent-Luna·Thijs J. H. Vlugt·Sofía Calero·Behnaz Bagheri

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Hydrogen peroxide plays a key role in many environmental and industrial chemical processes. We performed classical Molecular Dynamics and Continuous Fractional Component Monte Carlo simulations to calculate thermodynamic properties of H2O2 in aqueous solutions. The quality of the available force fields for H2O2 developed by Orabi & English, and by Cordeiro was systematically evaluated. To assess which water force field is suitable for predicting properties of H2O2 in aqueous solutions, four water force fields were used, namely the TIP3P, TIP4P/2005, TIP5P-E, and a modified TIP3P force field. While the computed densities of pure H2O2 in the temperature range of 253-353 K using the force field by Orabi & English are in excellent agreement with experimental results, the densities using the force field by Cordeiro are underestimated by 3%. The TIP4P/2005 force field in combination with the H2O2 force field developed by Orabi & English can predict the densities of H2O2 aqueous solution for the whole range of H2O2 mole fractions in very good agreement with experimental results. The TIP4P/2005 force field in combination with either of the H2O2 force fields can predict the viscosities of H2O2 aqueous solutions for the whole range of H2O2 mole fractions in good agreement with experimental results. The diffusion coefficients for H2O2 and water molecules using the TIP4P/2005 force field with either of the H2O2 force fields are almost constant for the whole range of H2O2 mole fractions. The Cordeiro force field for H2O2 in combination with either of the water force fields can predict the Henry coefficients of H2O2 in water in better agreement with experimental values than the force field by Orabi & English.

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Tijin H. G. Saji, José Manuel Vicent-Luna, Thijs J. H. Vlugt, Sofía Calero, Behnaz Bagheri. 2023-09-13. Computing solubility and thermodynamics properties of H2O2 in water. https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.06796

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