A new precise determination of the liquid bromine structure by means of neutron diffraction

Abstract

In this paper we report a new accurate neutron diffraction measurement of the structure factor S(Q) of liquid bromine at room temperature. A comparison has been made with molecular dynamics (MD) simulation data obtained by using a recent intermolecular potential. The agreement between the present data and the MD results turn out to be quite good, which is a strong indication that this is a satisfactory potential model for liquid Br₂ near the melting point, at least as far as the microscopic structure is concerned.