# Longer NPT equilibration

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**Created:** [June 10, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://gromacs.bioexcel.eu/t/longer-npt-equilibration/9349 "2024-06-10T02:29:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://gromacs.bioexcel.eu/t/longer-npt-equilibration/9349/27 "2024-06-18T14:13:37Z")

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Roe and Brooks developed a ten-step protocol for system preparation/equilibration. Check it out, especially their density fit in step 10:  
Roe, D. R.; Brooks, B. R. A Protocol for Preparing Explicitly Solvated Systems for Stable Molecular Dynamics Simulations. _J. Chem. Phys._ **2020** , _153_ (5), 054123. [A protocol for preparing explicitly solvated systems for stable molecular dynamics simulations | The Journal of Chemical Physics | AIP Publishing](https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0013849).

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