doubt about magnetite potential

Dear lammps users and developers,

I am trying to modelling magnetite. I have the buckingham potentials (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2014.11.027):

pair_style buck/coul/long 5
pair_coeff 1 3 1414.6 0.3128 0 # Fe_3+ & O_2-
pair_coeff 2 3 649.1 0.3399 0 # Fe_2+ & O_2-
pair_coeff 3 3 9547.96 0.2192 32 # O_2- & O_2-
kspace_style ewald 1e-6

However, to reduce the number of adjustable parameters in the potential, we assume that cation–cation interactions are governed only by electrostatics (charge–charge repulsion).

In data-file I have put the charges for each atom. Is it not enough?

But Lammps want me to define pair_coeff 1 1 and pair_coeff 2 2.

How can I deal with it?

Dear lammps users and developers,

I am trying to modelling magnetite. I have the buckingham potentials (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2014.11.027):

pair_style buck/coul/long 5
pair_coeff 1 3 1414.6 0.3128 0 # Fe_3+ & O_2-
pair_coeff 2 3 649.1 0.3399 0 # Fe_2+ & O_2-
pair_coeff 3 3 9547.96 0.2192 32 # O_2- & O_2-
kspace_style ewald 1e-6

However, to reduce the number of adjustable parameters in the potential, we assume that cation–cation interactions are governed only by electrostatics (charge–charge repulsion).

In data-file I have put the charges for each atom. Is it not enough?

But Lammps want me to define pair_coeff 1 1 and pair_coeff 2 2.

How can I deal with it?

just set the parameters for A and C to zero and choose a typical, non-zero value for rho. no potential energy -> no interaction.

axel.

Thank you!

Fernanda