Research Article

Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Vibrational Frequency Calculations of Species in Liquid-Liquid Phase Separated MgSO4 Solution at 543 K

Table 3

Analyzing of hydrogen bond for different species.

Models (K)Number of HB
s-ww-w

Free sulfate anion3309.03.0
5436.71.2
Mono-CIP3307.43.0
5435.01.4
Bi-CIP3306.23.0
S-M-S3307.22.9
M-S-M3305.72.9
5433.91.2
S-3M3303.82.9
S-4M3301.72.9

s-w represents the HB between sulfate anion and water, while w-w represents the HB between water molecules. The latter reflects the similar condition of solvent under the same temperature among different ensembles. The data of lifetime are listed in Table S2.