The distributions of local structural units of calcium silicate melts were quantified by means of classical molecular dynamics simulation and a newly constructed structural thermodynamic model. The distribution of five kinds of Si-O tetrahedra Qi from these two methods was compared with each other and also with the experimental Raman spectra, an excellent agreement was achieved. These not only displayed the panorama distribution of microstructural units in the whole composition range, but also proved that the thermodynamic model is suitable for the utilization as the subsequent application model of spectral experiments for the thermodynamic calculation. Meanwhile, the five refined regions mastered by different disproportionating reactions were obtained. Finally, the distributions of two kinds of connections between Qi were obtained, denoted as Qi-Ca-Qj and Qi-[Ob]-Qj, from the thermodynamic model, and a theoretical verification was given that the dominant connections for any composition are equivalent connections.
A small amount of Fe3O4 catalyst is known to substantially improve the adsorption and desorption thermodynamics and kinetics of Mg-based materials. Using density functional theory in combination with nudged elastic band method,the dissociative chemisorptions of hydrogen on both pure and Fe-doped Mg(0001) surfaces were studied. The adsorption energy calculations show that a weakly physisorbed state above pure and Fe-doped Mg surface atoms can serve as a precursor state to dissociative chemisorption. Then,the dissociation pathway of H2 and the relative barrier were investigated. The calculated dissociation barrier(1.08 eV) of hydrogen molecule on a pure Mg(0001) surface is in good agreement with comparable experimental and theoretical studies. For the Fe-doped Mg(0001) surface,the activated barrier decreases to 0.101 eV due to the strong interaction between the s orbital of H and the d orbital of Fe.
