Phase behavior of the restricted primitive model of ionic fluids with association in slitlike pores.
1Instituto de Química de la UNAM, Coyoacán 04510, D.F., Mexico. pizio@servidor.unam.mx
Abstract:
We present results of investigations of condensation of restricted primitive model of electrolyte solutions with association between oppositely charged ions confined to slitlike pores. The associative interaction leads to the formation of ionic pairs. It is accounted for by incorporating the first-order thermodynamic perturbation theory into the free energy functional. In order to elucidate the role of association, the phase diagrams are compared with those obtained by us recently [O. Pizio et al., J. Chem. Phys. 121, 11957 (2004)] for the restricted primitive model. The inclusion of the association into the theory leads to lowering the critical temperature for the fluid confined to pores with uncharged and with charged walls. We have observed that the average fraction of bonded ions is high along the coexistence envelope.
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