ISSN:
0192-8651
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
;
Biochemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Computer Science
Notes:
The adsorption of methane, ethane, propane, n-butane, ethylene, propene, 1-butene, 1,3-butadiene, acetylene, benzene, toluene, naphthalene, anthracene, and pyrene on the basal plane of graphite has been studied by means of a semiempirical method proposed by Fraga based on a 1/R expansion of atom-atom pair potentials. The energies of interaction obtained agree reasonably well with experimental data and statistical calculations. The orientation of the adsorbed molecules relative to the graphite surface rendered by Fraga's method improves the picture provided by other calculations with empirical potentials. These results display Fraga's method as an economical alternative for the study of physisorption of hydrocarbons on the graphite surface.
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcc.540110303
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