Dataset of "Molecular dynamics of evaporative cooling of water clusters"

The cooling of water clusters through evaporation into a vacuum is studied using classical molecular dynamics with the SPC water model, and the results are compared with semimacroscopic theory. A model based on the Hertz–Knudsen equation underestimates the cooling rates. A modified approach, which accounts for the Kelvin equation, provides better results. While the rotational temperature of the clusters is in equilibrium with their internal temperature, the translational temperature of the clusters “as individual particles” remains unchanged.