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The thermal conductivity and shear viscosity of water are evaluated for eight rigid water models with reverse non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (RNEMD). Specific heats under constant volume and constant pressure are calculated within NVT and NPT ensembles. The five-site models (TIP5P and TIP5P-Ew) can predict thermal conductivity more accurately than other rigid water models. It appears that TIP5P-Ew is the best potential to predict the trend of the thermal conductivity. Both five–site models can accurately predict shear viscosity values as well as its trends along with temperature. Three-site model (TIP3P) has better performance in calculating specific heats.
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  • ► Properties of water are evaluated with reverse non-equilibrium molecular dynamics. ► The five-site models predict thermal conductivity and viscosity more accurately. ► Three-site models have better performance in calculating specific heats.

    Authors:   Yijin Mao, Yuwen Zhang
    Journal:   Chemical Physics Letters
    Year:   2012
    DOI:   10.1016/j.cplett.2012.05.044
    Publication date:   04-06-2012
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