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- From: dsmith@uoft02.utoledo.edu
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- Subject: Re: ZPE differences
- Message-ID: <1992Nov15.230940.22@uoft02.utoledo.edu>
- Date: 15 Nov 92 23:09:40 EST
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- In article <Bxqs5M.GK6@ucunix.san.uc.edu>, pollack@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Steven Pollack) writes:
- >
- > By the bye, since XXPAC's are parameterized for heats for formation, is
- > the energy including the ZPE or are these energy at the bottom of the
- > well?
- >
- Steve:
- Recall that the parameters in XXPAC are all for elements in their
- standard states at 298 K. I think that this precludes ZPE from being
- included. Furthermore, the energy calculated is heat of formation of the
- molecule/compound at 298 K relative to those elements, and ZPE is not
- typically included in deltaH(formation).
- Finally, there is a complete but confusingly written section in the
- MOPAC 6.0 manual on thermochemistry, which explains how to get standard
- entropy, enthalpy and free energy from a THERMO calculation, which requires
- some corrections for the fact that all the parameters are for 298 K.
-
- Doug Smith
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