The following videos show visualizations of excerpts from molecular dynamics simulations of NaCl in various solvents; see lecture handout 7. In videos 2) and 3), the water molecules are shown at a considerably reduced size.
1) Hydration and solvation shells
Hydration and solvation shells of the Na⁺ and Cl⁻ ions in water (left), methanol (center), and ethanol (right); excerpts from larger simulations
