Using Molecular Modelling to Understand and Predict the Impact of Organic Additives as Crystal Growth Modifiers

Empirical molecular modelling was used to investigate the impact of organic additives on crystal morphology and inhibition. The replacement energy was found to correlate reasonably well with the degree of inhibition as determined from conductivity data. The replacement energy was also able to predic...

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Main Authors: Jones, Franca, Rohl, Andrew
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: CSIRO PUBLISHING 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80956
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Rohl, Andrew
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description Empirical molecular modelling was used to investigate the impact of organic additives on crystal morphology and inhibition. The replacement energy was found to correlate reasonably well with the degree of inhibition as determined from conductivity data. The replacement energy was also able to predict the barium sulfate face on which additive adsorption was most likely. While the ability of the organic functional groups to sit in the vacant sulfate lattice positions (the so-called 'lattice matching' criteria) appears intuitively sensible, it was found that this is not a sufficient criterion to predict real behaviour. A better criterion is the overall replacement energy as it takes into consideration the number of Ba-Oorganic interactions and whether the adsorption process overall is energetically favourable (by including the hydration energy of the ions). Thus, the replacement energy can successfully predict the effect of organic molecules on the crystal growth modification of barium sulfate.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-809562020-09-21T06:08:23Z Using Molecular Modelling to Understand and Predict the Impact of Organic Additives as Crystal Growth Modifiers Jones, Franca Rohl, Andrew Science & Technology Physical Sciences Chemistry, Multidisciplinary Chemistry BARIUM-SULFATE PRECIPITATION PHOSPHONATE MOLECULES ATOMISTIC SIMULATION DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS INORGANIC INTERFACE SURFACE-STRUCTURE CALCIUM-IONS CRYSTALLIZATION INHIBITORS ACID Empirical molecular modelling was used to investigate the impact of organic additives on crystal morphology and inhibition. The replacement energy was found to correlate reasonably well with the degree of inhibition as determined from conductivity data. The replacement energy was also able to predict the barium sulfate face on which additive adsorption was most likely. While the ability of the organic functional groups to sit in the vacant sulfate lattice positions (the so-called 'lattice matching' criteria) appears intuitively sensible, it was found that this is not a sufficient criterion to predict real behaviour. A better criterion is the overall replacement energy as it takes into consideration the number of Ba-Oorganic interactions and whether the adsorption process overall is energetically favourable (by including the hydration energy of the ions). Thus, the replacement energy can successfully predict the effect of organic molecules on the crystal growth modification of barium sulfate. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80956 10.1071/CH19388 English CSIRO PUBLISHING fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry
BARIUM-SULFATE PRECIPITATION
PHOSPHONATE MOLECULES
ATOMISTIC SIMULATION
DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS
INORGANIC INTERFACE
SURFACE-STRUCTURE
CALCIUM-IONS
CRYSTALLIZATION
INHIBITORS
ACID
Jones, Franca
Rohl, Andrew
Using Molecular Modelling to Understand and Predict the Impact of Organic Additives as Crystal Growth Modifiers
title Using Molecular Modelling to Understand and Predict the Impact of Organic Additives as Crystal Growth Modifiers
title_full Using Molecular Modelling to Understand and Predict the Impact of Organic Additives as Crystal Growth Modifiers
title_fullStr Using Molecular Modelling to Understand and Predict the Impact of Organic Additives as Crystal Growth Modifiers
title_full_unstemmed Using Molecular Modelling to Understand and Predict the Impact of Organic Additives as Crystal Growth Modifiers
title_short Using Molecular Modelling to Understand and Predict the Impact of Organic Additives as Crystal Growth Modifiers
title_sort using molecular modelling to understand and predict the impact of organic additives as crystal growth modifiers
topic Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry
BARIUM-SULFATE PRECIPITATION
PHOSPHONATE MOLECULES
ATOMISTIC SIMULATION
DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS
INORGANIC INTERFACE
SURFACE-STRUCTURE
CALCIUM-IONS
CRYSTALLIZATION
INHIBITORS
ACID
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80956