Intermolecular Potential for the Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5,-s- triazine (RDX) Crystal: A Crystal-Packing, Monte Carlo, and Molecular Dynamics Study [Spiral-bound]

Dan C. Sorescu (Author), Donald L. Thompson (Author), Betsy M. Rice (Author)

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Publication Date: 1997

This is a ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A034523. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: We have developed an intermolecular potential that describes the structure of the alpha-form of the hexahydro-1,3,5- trinitro,1,3,5-s-triazine (RDX) crystal. The potential is composed of pairwise atom-atom (6-exp) Buckingham interactions and charge-charge interactions. The parameters of the Buckingham repulsion-dispersion terms have been determined through a combination of nonlinear least-squares fitting to observed crystal structures and lattice energies and trial-and-error adjustment. Crystal-packing calculations were performed to determine the equilibrium crystallographic structure and lattice energy of the model. There are no significant differences in the geometrical structures and crystal energies resulting from minimization of the lattice energy with and without symmetry constraints. Further testing of the intermolecular potential has been done by performing symmetry-constrained isothermal-isobaric Monte Carlo simulations. The properties of the crystal (lattice dimensions, molecular orientation, and lattice energy) determined from Monte Carlo simulations at temperatures over the range 4.2-300 K indicate good agreement with experimental data. The intermolecular potential was also subjected to isothermal-isobaric molecular dynamics calculations at ambient pressure for temperatures ranging from 4.2 to 325 K. Crystal structures at 300 K are in outstanding agreement with experiment (within 2% of lattice diinensions, and almost no rotational and translational disorder of the molecules in the unit cell). The space-group symmetry was maintained throughout the simulations.

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } This is a ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A034523. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: We have developed an intermolecular potential that describes the structure of the alpha-form of the hexahydro-1,3,5- trinitro,1,3,5-s-triazine (RDX) crystal. The potential is composed of pairwise atom-atom (6-exp) Buckingham interactions and charge-charge interactions. The parameters of the Buckingham repulsion-dispersion terms have been determined through a combination of nonlinear least-squares fitting to observed crystal structures and lattice energies and trial-and-error adjustment. Crystal-packing calculations were performed to determine the equilibrium crystallographic structure and lattice energy of the model. There are no significant differences in the geometrical structures and crystal energies resulting from minimization of the lattice energy with and without symmetry constraints. Further testing of the intermolecular potential has been done by performing symmetry-constrained isothermal-isobaric Monte Carlo simulations. The properties of the crystal (lattice dimensions, molecular orientation, and lattice energy) determined from Monte Carlo simulations at temperatures over the range 4.2-300 K indicate good agreement with experimental data. The intermolecular potential was also subjected to isothermal-isobaric molecular dynamics calculations at ambient pressure for temperatures ranging from 4.2 to 325 K. Crystal structures at 300 K are in outstanding agreement with experiment (within 2% of lattice diinensions, and almost no rotational and translational disorder of the molecules in the unit cell). The space-group symmetry was maintained throughout the simulations.

Product Details

Spiral-bound: 62 pages
Publisher: Storming Media (1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 142356913X
ISBN-13: 978-1423569138

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