Abstract
Using realistic pair potential models for acetone and carbon dioxide, both the spatial and orientational structure of these two typical multipolar (i.e. dipolar and quadrupolar, respectively) fluids is investigated in detail by computing the complete set of the site-site correlation functions, multipole-multipole correlation functions, and selected 2D correlation functions. The effect of the range of interactions on both the structural and thermodynamic properties of these fluids is studied by decomposing the potential into short- and long-range parts in the same manner as for water [Kolafa, J. and Nezbeda, I., 2000, Molec. Phys., 98, 1505; Nezbeda, I. and Lísal, M., 2001, Molec. Phys., 99, 291]. It is found that the spatial arrangement of the molecules is only marginally affected by the long-range forces. The effect of the electrostatic interactions is significant at short separations and cannot be neglected but nevertheless the overall structure of the short-range and full systems is similar as well as their dielectric constants. These findings are also reflected in the dependence of the thermodynamic properties on the potential range with the short-range models providing a very good approximation to those of the full system.
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