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Clays and Clay Minerals; June 1998; v. 46; no. 3; p. 232-239
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Molecular simulations of montmorillonite intercalated with aluminum complex cations; Part I, Intercalation with [Al 13 O 4 (OH) (sub 24+x) (H 2 O) (sub 12-x) ] (super (7-x)+)

P. Capkova, R. A. J. Driessen, M. Numan, H. Schenk, Z. Weiss, and Z. Klika

University of Amsterdam, Laboratory of Crystallography, Amsterdam, Netherlands

The structure of montmorillonite intercalated with [Al 13 O 4 (OH) (sub 24+x) (H 2 O) (sub 12-x) ] (super (7-x)+) cations (Al 13 (super (7-x)+) for short), where x = 0.2 and 4, has been studied using the Cerius2 modeling environment. The Crystal Packer module used in the present study takes into account only the nonbonded interactions between the silicate layer and the Keggin cations. Minimization of the total sublimation energy led to the following conclusions: the structure of the interlayer (that is, the orientation of Keggin cations and the basal spacing) depends on the charge of cations (that is, on the degree of hydrolysis, x). The values of basal spacings in the range 19.38-20.27 Aa have been obtained, depending on the charge and arrangement of cations in the interlayer. The dominating contribution to the total sublimation energy comes from the electrostatic interactions. Translations of Al 13 (super (7-x)+) cations along the 2:1 layers give only small fluctuations of the total sublimation energy and basal spacings. No preference for the position of Al 13 (super (7-x)+) cations in the interlayer of montmorillonite was found during translation along the 2:1 layers. This result confirmed the inhomogeneous distribution of cations in the interlayer and turbostratic stacking of layers.

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