Water surface is acidic.

Abstract:

:Water autoionization reaction 2H2O --> H3O- + OH- is a textbook process of basic importance, resulting in pH = 7 for pure water. However, pH of pure water surface is shown to be significantly lower, the reduction being caused by proton stabilization at the surface. The evidence presented here includes ab initio and classical molecular dynamics simulations of water slabs with solvated H3O+ and OH- ions, density functional studies of (H2O)(48)H+ clusters, and spectroscopic isotopic-exchange data for D2O substitutional impurities at the surface and in the interior of ice nanocrystals. Because H3O+ does, but OH- does not, display preference for surface sites, the H2O surface is predicted to be acidic with pH < 4.8. For similar reasons, the strength of some weak acids, such as carbonic acid, is expected to increase at the surface. Enhanced surface acidity can have a significant impact on aqueous surface chemistry, e.g., in the atmosphere.

authors

Buch V,Milet A,Vácha R,Jungwirth P,Devlin JP

doi

10.1073/pnas.0611285104

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-05-01 00:00:00

pages

7342-7

issue

18

eissn

0027-8424

issn

1091-6490

pii

0611285104

journal_volume

104

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