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Swelling properties of montmorillonite and beidellite clay minerals from molecular simulation: Comparison of temperature interlayer cation, and charge location effects
Abstract
The swelling properties of smectite clay minerals are relevant to many engineering applications including environmental remediation, repository design for nuclear waste disposal, borehole stability in drilling operations, and additives for numerous industrial processes and commercial products. We used molecular dynamics and grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations to study the effects of layer charge location, interlayer cation, and temperature on intracrystalline swelling of montmorillonite and beidellite clay minerals. For a beidellite model with layer charge exclusively in the tetrahedral sheet, strong ion–surface interactions shift the onset of the two-layer hydrate to higher water contents. In contrast, for a montmorillonite model with layer charge exclusively in the octahedral sheet, weaker ion–surface interactions result in the formation of fully hydrated ions (two-layer hydrate) at much lower water contents. Clay hydration enthalpies and interlayer atomic density profiles are consistent with the swelling results. As a result, water adsorption isotherms from grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations are used to relate interlayer hydration states to relative humidity, in good agreement with experimental findings.
- Authors:
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- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1235310
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1237700
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2015-2585J; SAND-2015-7114J
Journal ID: ISSN 1932-7447; 581952
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Physical Chemistry. C
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 119; Journal Issue: 36; Journal ID: ISSN 1932-7447
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; montmorillonite; beidellite; clay; swelling; simulation; molecular dynamics; grand canonical Monte Carlo; hydration; interface
Citation Formats
Teich-McGoldrick, Stephanie L., Greathouse, Jeffery A., Jove-Colon, Carlos F., and Cygan, Randall Timothy. Swelling properties of montmorillonite and beidellite clay minerals from molecular simulation: Comparison of temperature interlayer cation, and charge location effects. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b03253.
Teich-McGoldrick, Stephanie L., Greathouse, Jeffery A., Jove-Colon, Carlos F., & Cygan, Randall Timothy. Swelling properties of montmorillonite and beidellite clay minerals from molecular simulation: Comparison of temperature interlayer cation, and charge location effects. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b03253
Teich-McGoldrick, Stephanie L., Greathouse, Jeffery A., Jove-Colon, Carlos F., and Cygan, Randall Timothy. 2015.
"Swelling properties of montmorillonite and beidellite clay minerals from molecular simulation: Comparison of temperature interlayer cation, and charge location effects". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b03253. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1235310.
@article{osti_1235310,
title = {Swelling properties of montmorillonite and beidellite clay minerals from molecular simulation: Comparison of temperature interlayer cation, and charge location effects},
author = {Teich-McGoldrick, Stephanie L. and Greathouse, Jeffery A. and Jove-Colon, Carlos F. and Cygan, Randall Timothy},
abstractNote = {The swelling properties of smectite clay minerals are relevant to many engineering applications including environmental remediation, repository design for nuclear waste disposal, borehole stability in drilling operations, and additives for numerous industrial processes and commercial products. We used molecular dynamics and grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations to study the effects of layer charge location, interlayer cation, and temperature on intracrystalline swelling of montmorillonite and beidellite clay minerals. For a beidellite model with layer charge exclusively in the tetrahedral sheet, strong ion–surface interactions shift the onset of the two-layer hydrate to higher water contents. In contrast, for a montmorillonite model with layer charge exclusively in the octahedral sheet, weaker ion–surface interactions result in the formation of fully hydrated ions (two-layer hydrate) at much lower water contents. Clay hydration enthalpies and interlayer atomic density profiles are consistent with the swelling results. As a result, water adsorption isotherms from grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations are used to relate interlayer hydration states to relative humidity, in good agreement with experimental findings.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b03253},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1235310},
journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry. C},
issn = {1932-7447},
number = 36,
volume = 119,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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