Atomistic understanding of surface wear process of sodium silicate glass in dry versus humid environments
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States); University of Utah (MUSE)
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
Understanding surface reactions of silicate glass under interfacial shear is vital as it can provide physical insights needed for rational design of more durable glasses. In this work, we performed reactive molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with ReaxFF potentials to study the mechanochemical wear of sodium silicate glass rubbed with amorphous silica in the absence and presence of interfacial water molecules. The effect of water molecules on the shear-induced chemical reaction at the sliding interface was investigated. The dependence of wear on the number of interfacial water molecules in ReaxFF-MD simulations was in reasonable agreement with the experimental data. Confirming this, the ReaxFF-MD simulation was used to find further details of atomistic reaction dynamics that cannot be obtained from experimental investigations only. The simulation demonstrated that the severe wear in the dry condition is due to the formation of interfacial Sisubstrate–O–Sicounter_surface bond that convey the interfacial shear stress to the subsurface and the presence of interfacial water reduces the interfacial bridging bond formation. The leachable sodium ions facilitate surface reactions with water-producing hydroxyl groups and their key role in the hydrolysis reaction is discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Multi-Scale Fluid-Solid Interactions in Architected and Natural Materials (MUSE); Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Contributing Organization:
- Energy Frontier Research Center. Multi‐Scale Fluid‐Solid Interactions in Architected and Natural Materials (MUSE) Center
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0019285
- OSTI ID:
- 1597300
- Journal Information:
- Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Ceramic Society Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 103; ISSN 0002-7820
- Publisher:
- American Ceramic SocietyCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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