{"title":"The Heat Capacity of Al(OH)<sub>3</sub> Revisited.","authors":"Charles W Bauschlicher, Nathan S Jacobson","doi":"10.1021/acs.jpca.4c07024","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We consider different approximations to compute the heat capacity for Al(OH)<sub>3</sub> and compare the computed results to the experiment. We find that the calculation of anharmonic effects for this molecule is not currently practical, and scaled harmonics, using the scaling factor for H<sub>2</sub>O(g), offer the best approach to including anharmonic effects. The Pitzer-Gwinn approach for hindered rotations is recommended.</p>","PeriodicalId":59,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Physical Chemistry A","volume":" ","pages":"1952-1959"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Journal of Physical Chemistry A","FirstCategoryId":"1","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.4c07024","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/2/14 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We consider different approximations to compute the heat capacity for Al(OH)3 and compare the computed results to the experiment. We find that the calculation of anharmonic effects for this molecule is not currently practical, and scaled harmonics, using the scaling factor for H2O(g), offer the best approach to including anharmonic effects. The Pitzer-Gwinn approach for hindered rotations is recommended.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A is devoted to reporting new and original experimental and theoretical basic research of interest to physical chemists, biophysical chemists, and chemical physicists.