Simulation of gel state formation in solution of silver mercaptide under influence of salt initiator
Simulation of the formation of a gel state in solution of silver mercaptide within the frame of mesoscopic simulation have been performed with using dissipative particle dynamics. Our new model is based on the idea, which had confirmed earlier, of implicit accounting of salt initiator. In contrast to previous work introducing salt initiator is taken into account by setting the number of molecules of silver mercaptide which are blocked by salt ions. Construction of the phase diagram of the system shows that the gel state is formed in a narrow range of salt concentrations of the initiator.