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dc.contributor.authorSperinck, Shani
dc.contributor.authorRaiteri, Paolo
dc.contributor.authorMarks, Nigel
dc.contributor.authorWright, Kathleen
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:21:34Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:21:34Z
dc.date.created2011-02-22T20:01:52Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationSperinck, Shani and Raiteri, Paolo and Marks, Nigel and Wright, Kate. 2011. Dehydroxylation of Kaolinite to Metakaolin - A Molecular Dynamics Study. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 21 (7): pp. 2118-2125.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10881
dc.identifier.doi10.1039/c0jm01748e
dc.description.abstract

The thermally induced transformation of kaolinite to metakaolin is simulated using molecular dynamics through a step-wise dehydroxylation approach. The simulation shows that the removal ofstructural water through dehydroxylation produces a distortion or buckling effect in the 1 : 1 Al-Si layers, which is due to the migration of the aluminium into vacant sites provided by the inter-layerspacing. The structural change is characterized by a loss of crystallinity and a concomitant change in aluminium coordination from octahedral to tetrahedral, with this study confirming the presence of 5-fold aluminium within the metakaolin structure. The degree and probability of Al migration are proportional to the amount of local disorder within the structure, which is governed by the degree oflocal hydroxyl group loss. This results in the formation of aluminium clusters within the layers. This study proposes that instead of a uniform structure, metakaolin exhibits regions of differing aluminium concentrations, which can have major effects in the reaction chemistry at those sites.

dc.publisherThe Royal Society of Chemistry
dc.titleDehydroxylation of Kaolinite to Metakaolin - A Molecular Dynamics Study
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume21
dcterms.source.startPage2118
dcterms.source.endPage2125
dcterms.source.issn09599428
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Materials Chemistry
curtin.departmentNanochemistry Research Institute (Research Institute)
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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