Chemical Dynamics in Extreme Environments

Chemical Dynamics in Extreme Environments
Author: Rainer A. Dressler
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 644
Release: 2001
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9789812811882

As computing power increases, a growing number of macroscopic phenomena are modeled at the molecular level. Consequently, new requirements are generated for the understanding of molecular dynamics in exotic conditions. This book illustrates the importance of detailed chemical dynamics and the role it plays in the phenomenology of a number of extreme environments. Each chapter addresses one or more extreme environments, outlines the associated chemical mechanisms of relevance, and then covers the leading edge science that elucidates the chemical coupling. The chapters exhibit a balance between theory and experiment, gas phase, solid state, and surface dynamics, and geophysical and technical environments. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1.1: Introduction (203 KB). Chapter 1.2: Chemistry at High Temperatures and Pressures (99 KB). Chapter 1.3: High Temperature Chemistry in the Atmosphere (82 KB). Chapter 1.4: Low Temperature Chemistry (90 KB). Chapter 1.5: Conclusions (131 KB). Contents: Exploring Chemistry in Extreme Environments: A Driving Force for Innovation (M R Berman); Chemistry Under Extreme Conditions: Cluster Impact Activation (T Raz & R D Levine); Nonequilibrium Chemistry Modeling in Rarefied Hypersonic Flows (I D Boyd); Chemical Dynamics in Chemical Laser Media (M C Heaven); From Elementary Reactions to Complex Combustion Systems (C Schulz et al.); The Gas-Phase Chemical Dynamics Associated with Meteors (R A Dressler & E Murad); Dynamics of Hypervelocity Gas/Surface Collisions (D C Jacobs); Surface Chemistry in the Jovian Magnetosphere Radiation Environment (R E Johnson); Dynamics of Atomic Oxygen Induced Polymer Degradation in Low Earth Orbit (T K Minton & D J Garton); Atomic-Level Properties of Thermal Barrier Coatings: Characterization of MetalOCoCeramic Interface (A Christensen et al.); Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Detonations (C T White et al.). Readership: Scientists engaged in cross-disciplinary work and chemists studying multidisciplinary problems."

Chemistry at Extreme Conditions

Chemistry at Extreme Conditions
Author: M.R. Manaa
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 525
Release: 2005-03-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0080456995

Chemistry at Extreme Conditions covers those chemical processes that occur in the pressure regime of 0.5–200 GPa and temperature range of 500–5000 K and includes such varied phenomena as comet collisions, synthesis of super-hard materials, detonation and combustion of energetic materials, and organic conversions in the interior of planets. The book provides an insight into this active and exciting field of research. Written by top researchers in the field, the book covers state of the art experimental advances in high-pressure technology, from shock physics to laser-heating techniques to study the nature of the chemical bond in transient processes. The chapters have been conventionally organised into four broad themes of applications: biological and bioinorganic systems; Experimental works on the transformations in small molecular systems; Theoretical methods and computational modeling of shock-compressed materials; and experimental and computational approaches in energetic materials research. * Extremely practical book containing up-to-date research in high-pressure science * Includes chapters on recent advances in computer modelling* Review articles can be used as reference guide

Study of Performance and Characteristics of Materials Under Extreme Environment Using the ReaxFF Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Study of Performance and Characteristics of Materials Under Extreme Environment Using the ReaxFF Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Author: Ali Rahnamoun
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2016
Genre:
ISBN:

The primary focus of this work is the study of different materials at extreme environment. These extreme environments include Atomic Oxygen (AO) impacts, ice cluster impacts, noble gas ions irradiation and electron irradiation on different materials. AO is the most abundant element in the low Earth orbit (LEO). It is the result of the dissociation of molecular oxygen by ultraviolet radiation from the sun. In the LEO, AO collides with the materials used on spacecraft surfaces and causes degradation of these materials. The degradation of the materials on the surface of spacecraft at LEO has been a significant problem for a long time. Kapton polyimide, polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS), silica, and Teflon are the materials used in spacecraft industry. Degradation caused by AO impact is an important issue in these materials applications on spacecraft surface. To investigate the surface chemistry of these materials in exposure to space AO, a computational chemical evaluation of the Kapton polyimide, POSS, amorphous silica, and Teflon was performed in separate simulations under similar conditions. For performing these simulations, the ReaxFF reactive force-field program was used, which provides the computational tool required to perform molecular dynamics (MD) simulations on system sizes sufficiently large to describe the full chemistry of the reactions. Using these simulations, the effects of AO impact on different materials and the role of impact energies, the content of material, and the temperature of material on their behavior are studied. The ReaxFF results indicate that Kapton is less resistant than Teflon against AO damage. These results are in good agreement with the MISSE experimental results. In the MISSE projects, the mass loss of different materials is studied during space missions. These simulations indicate that the amorphous silica shows the highest stability among these materials before the start of the highly exothermic silicon oxidation. We have verified that adding silicon to the bulk of the Kapton structure enhances the stability of the Kapton against AO impact. Our canonical MD simulations demonstrate that an increase in the heat transfer in materials during AO impact can provide a considerable decrease in the disintegration of the material. This effect is especially relevant in silica AO collision. During aircraft or spacecraft missions, ice accumulates on different parts of their surface. We studied the dynamics of the collisions between amorphous silica structures and amorphous and crystal ice clusters with impact velocities of 1, 4 and 7 km/s using the ReaxFF reactive molecular dynamics simulation method. The 1km/s and lower impact velocities can happen during aircraft missions and the impact velocities higher than 1 km/s can happen during spacecraft missions. The initial ice clusters consist of 150 water molecules for the amorphous ice cluster and 128 water molecules for the crystal ice cluster. The ice clusters are collided on the surface of amorphous fully oxidized and suboxide silica. These simulations show that at 1 km/s impact velocities, all the ice clusters accumulate on the surface and at 4 km/s and 7 km/s impact velocities, some of the ice cluster molecules bounce back from the surface. We also studied the effect of the second ice cluster impacts on the surfaces which are fully covered with ice, in particular their mass loss/accumulation. These studies show that at 1 km/s impacts, the entire ice cluster accumulates on the silica surface. At 7 km/s impact velocity some ice molecules, which are part of the ice layers accreted on the silica surface, will separate from the ice layers on the surface. At 4 km/s ice cluster impact, ice accumulation is observed for the crystal ice cluster impacts and ice separation is observed for the amorphous ice impacts. Observing the temperatures of the ice clusters during the collisions indicates that the possibility of electron excitation at impact velocities less than 10 km/s is minimal and ReaxFF reactive molecular dynamics simulation can predict the chemistry of these hypervelocity impacts.However, at impact velocities close to 10 km/s the average temperature of the impacting ice clusters increase to about 2000K, with individual molecules occasionally reaching temperatures of over 8000K and thus it will be prudent to consider the concept of electron excitation at these higher impact velocities, which goes beyond the current ReaxFF ability. An important parameter affecting the ability to remove this ice from the surface is the heat transfer characteristics of the accumulated ice. The ice heat transfer is related to the process of ice formation and its density and internal structure. We investigated the effects of ice and silica structure and the ice cluster attachment mechanism to the silica surface on the thermal conductivity (TC) of the attached ice cluster using the ReaxFF reactive molecular dynamics method. The purpose of this study is to investigate the thermal transport in amorphous and crystalline ice after deposition on the silica surfaces. A dual thermostat method was applied for the calculation of TC values. The validity of this method was verified by comparing the calculated values of TC for crystal and amorphous ice with available experimental values. Our calculations show that the TC value for both crystal and amorphous ice drop after deposition on the silica surfaces. This decrease in the TC is more significant for the ice deposition on suboxide silica surfaces. Furthermore, crystal ice shows higher TC values than amorphous ice after accumulation. However, when crystal ice impacts on the silica surface at 1 km/s impact speed, the crystalline shape of the ice cluster is lost to a considerable level and the TC values obtained for the ice clusters in such cases are closer to amorphous ice TC values. We observed a decrease in the TC values when ionic species are added inside the ice clusters. We studied Kr noble gas ions irradiations on graphene, and the subsequent annealing of the irradiated graphene. Different types of defects were generated in graphene after noble gas ion irradiations. Kr irradiation mostly caused mono vacancy defects in graphene while light noble v gas ions can mostly generate Stone-Wales defects in graphene. The irradiated graphene was annealed between 300K and 2000K and the reconstruction of the defects was studied. In order to study the electron beam irradiation on Kapton using molecular simulation, electron beams irradiation at random positions of Kapton are modeled. For changing the amount of energy transfer to Kapton, each electron beam is irradiated for 1fs or 2fs. The temperature evolution and chemical composition changes in Kapton during and after electron beam irradiation was studied. The changes in chemical composition of Kapton are compared to the experimental results. This study shows that the time of each electron beam irradiation has considerable effect on the amount of energy transferred to Kapton. Kapton decomposition takes place at different Kapton temperatures under different electron irradiation conditions. At the start of decomposition, small molecules separate from the surface and with continuing electron irradiation, larger molecules start to separate from the surface. As our simulations demonstrate, ReaxFF can provide a cost-effective screening tool for future material optimization for applications in extreme environments.

Chemistry Under Extreme and Non-Classical Conditions

Chemistry Under Extreme and Non-Classical Conditions
Author: Rudi van Eldik
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 586
Release: 1996-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780471165613

The very best and latest advances compiled in a single volume-an ideal resource for graduate students and researchers . . . Here is the perfect introduction to chemistry under extreme or non-classical conditions, including use of high temperature species, high pressure, supercritical media, sonochemistry, and microwave chemistry. Written by leading experts in their respective fields, this unique text applies a unified approach to each method, including background, instrumentation, examples, information on industrial applications (where relevant), and sources for further reading. Featured topics: * Chemical Synthesis Using High Temperature Species * Effect of Pressure on Inorganic Reactions * Effect of Pressure on Organic Reactions * Organic Synthesis at High Pressure * Inorganic and Related Chemical Reactions in Supercritical Fluids * Organic Chemistry in Supercritical Fluids * Industrial and Environmental Applications of Supercritical Fluids * Ultrasound as a New Tool for Synthetic Chemists * Applications of High Intensity Ultrasound in Polymer Chemistry * Chemistry Under Extreme Conditions in Water Induced Electrohydraulic Cavitation and Pulsed-Plasma Discharges * Microwave Dielectric Heating Effects in Chemical Synthesis * Biomolecules Under Extreme Conditions

Principles of Environmental Thermodynamics and Kinetics

Principles of Environmental Thermodynamics and Kinetics
Author: Kalliat T. Valsaraj
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2018-04-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0429959087

Environmental engineering, is by its very nature, interdisciplinary and it is a challenge to develop courses that will provide students with a thorough broad-based curriculum that includes every aspect of the environmental engineering profession. Environmental engineers perform a variety of functions, most critical of which are process design for waste treatment or pollution prevention, fate and transport modeling, green engineering, and risk assessment. Chemical thermodynamics and chemical kinetics, the two main pillars of physical chemistry, are two of the many subjects that are crucial to environmental engineering. Based on the success of the successes of previous editions, Principles of Environmental Thermodynamics and Kinetics, Fourth Edition, provides an overarching view of the applications of chemical thermodynamics and kinetics in various aspects of the field of environmental science and engineering. Written by experts in the field, this new edition offers an improved logical progression of the text with principles and applications, includes new case studies with current relevant environmental events and their relationship to thermodynamics and kinetics, and adds examples and problems for the updated environmental events. It also includes a comprehensive analysis of green engineering with relation applications, updated appendices, and an increased number of thermodynamic and kinetic data for chemical species. While it is primarily intended for undergraduate students at the junior/senior level, the breadth and scope of this book make it a valuable resource for introductory graduate courses and a useful reference for environmental engineers.

Initial Chemical Events in CL-20 Under Extreme Conditions: An Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Study

Initial Chemical Events in CL-20 Under Extreme Conditions: An Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Study
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 7
Release: 2006
Genre:
ISBN:

CL-20 (Octahydro-1,3,4,7,8,10-hexanitro-5,2,6- (iminomethenimino)-1H-imidazo[4,5-b]-pyrazin, C6H6N12O12), is an emerging energetic chemical that may replace RDX, however its degradation pathways are not well-known. In the present study molecular structure, electrostatic potential, vibrational spectrum and dynamics of thermal decomposition of CL-20 have been investigated by static and dynamic methods of ab initio computational chemistry. Based on good corresponding between predicted and computed data we concluded that the results of computational chemistry calculations can be used to guide predictions of the chemical behavior and degradation pathways of emerging contaminants in the environment.

Femtosecond Dynamics of Chemical Reactions

Femtosecond Dynamics of Chemical Reactions
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre:
ISBN:

We proposed to use this grant to undertake research in the following three major areas: (a) Dynamics of elementary steps in complex systems. (b) Dynamics of reactions under extreme environment (density, temperature, clustering, etc.). (c) New techniques for direct imaging of structural changes and chemical control of reactions yield and channel. In these studies, the basic approach is based on the development of ultrafast laser (and electron) and molecular beam techniques to examine in real time the nature of the dynamics and structures on the femtosecond time scale. Our goal was to relate these dynamics to features of bonding and mechanisms and to explore the effect of extreme solvation environment on reactivity. Probing and controlling reactions pathways %are key to validating any model of chemical reactivity in complex molecular 5 stems. Theoretical studies in our group and-in collaboration with colleagues elsewhere were an important part of this research activity during the entire period of the grant.

Chemical Dynamics

Chemical Dynamics
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Chemical Dynamics
Publisher:
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1966
Genre: Chemical reactions
ISBN:

Chemodynamics

Chemodynamics
Author: Louis J. Thibodeaux
Publisher:
Total Pages: 540
Release: 1979-07-26
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Reviews existing knowledge in the natural and engineering sciences to determine the rates, lifetimes, routes, and reservoirs of chemicals moving through the environment and to estimate the level of exposure to susceptible living and nonliving targets. Uses simple models and ideas as guides in constructing integrated environmental and ecosystem models for simulating chemical movement and fate. Coverage includes phase equilibrium and transport processes; the interphase and intraphase transport process; movement of inorganic and organic chemicals across the air-water interface; desorption of chemicals from the mud-water interface; volatilization of pesticides from air-soil surfaces; and vertical distribution of dissolved, reactive chemicals in stratified waterbodies. Includes numerous problems from current literature and appendices with chemical, physical, transport, and environmental data.