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<H3>units command
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<P><B>Syntax:</B>
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<PRE>units style
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<UL><LI>style = <I>lj</I> or <I>real</I> or <I>metal</I>
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<P><B>Examples:</B>
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<PRE>units metal
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units lj
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<P><B>Description:</B>
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<P>This command sets the style of units used for a simulation. It
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determines the units of all quantities specified in the input script
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and data file, as well as quantities output to the screen, log file,
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and dump files. Typically, this command is used at the very beginning
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of an input script.
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<P>For <I>real</I> and <I>metal</I> units, LAMMPS uses physical constants from
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www.physics.nist.gov. For the definition of Kcal in real units, LAMMPS
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uses the thermochemical calorie = 4.184 J.
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<P>For style <I>lj</I>, all quantities are unitless. Without loss of
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generality, LAMMPS sets the fundamental quantities mass, sigma,
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epsilon, and the Boltzmann constant = 1. The masses, distances,
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energies you specify are multiples of these fundamental values. The
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formulas relating the reduced or unitless quantity (with an asterisk)
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to the same quantity with units is also given. Thus you can use the
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mass & sigma & epsilon values for a specific material and convert the
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results from a unitless LJ simulation into physical quantities.
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<UL><LI>mass = mass or m
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<LI>distance = sigma, where x* = x / sigma
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<LI>time = tau, where tau = t* = t (Kb T / m / sigma^2)^1/2
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<LI>energy = epsilon, where E* = E / epsilon
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<LI>velocity = sigma/tau, where v* = v tau / sigma
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<LI>force = epsilon/sigma, where f* = f sigma / epsilon
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<LI>temperature = reduced LJ temperature, where T* = T Kb / epsilon
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<LI>pressure = reduced LJ pressure, where P* = P sigma^3 / epsilon
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<LI>viscosity = reduced LJ viscosity, where eta* = eta sigma^3 / epsilon / tau
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<LI>charge = reduced LJ charge, where q* = q / (4 pi perm0 sigma epsilon)^1/2
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<LI>dipole = reduced LJ dipole, moment where *mu = mu / (4 pi perm0 sigma^3 epsilon)^1/2
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<LI>electric field = force/charge, where E* = E (4 pi perm0 sigma epsilon)^1/2 sigma / epsilon
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<P>For style <I>real</I>, these are the units:
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<UL><LI>mass = grams/mole
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<LI>distance = Angstroms
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<LI>time = femtoseconds
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<LI>energy = Kcal/mole
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<LI>velocity = Angstroms/femtosecond
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<LI>force = Kcal/mole-Angstrom
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<LI>temperature = degrees K
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<LI>pressure = atmospheres
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<LI>viscosity = Poise
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<LI>charge = multiple of electron charge (+1.0 is a proton)
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<LI>dipole = charge*Angstroms
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<LI>electric field = volts/Angstrom
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<P>For style <I>metal</I>, these are the units:
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<UL><LI>mass = grams/mole
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<LI>distance = Angstroms
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<LI>time = picoseconds
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<LI>energy = eV
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<LI>velocity = Angstroms/picosecond
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<LI>force = eV/Angstrom
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<LI>temperature = degrees K
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<LI>pressure = bars
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<LI>viscosity = Poise
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<LI>charge = multiple of electron charge (+1.0 is a proton)
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<LI>dipole = charge*Angstroms
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<LI>electric field = volts/Angstrom
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<P>This command also sets the timestep size and neighbor skin distance to
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default values for each style. For style <I>lj</I> these are dt = 0.005
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tau and skin = 0.3 sigma. For style <I>real</I> these are dt = 1.0 fmsec
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and skin = 2.0 Angstroms. For style <I>metal</I> these are dt = 0.001 psec
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and skin = 2.0 Angstroms.
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<P><B>Restrictions:</B>
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<P>This command cannot be used after the simulation box is defined by a
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<A HREF = "read_data.html">read_data</A> or <A HREF = "create_box.html">create_box</A> command.
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<P><B>Related commands:</B> none
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</P>
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<P><B>Default:</B>
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<PRE>units lj
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