Octahedral cation ordering of illite and smectite. Theoretical exchange potential determination and Monte Carlo simulations |
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| Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">C I?Sainz-DiazEmail author E J?Palin A?Hernández-Laguna M T?Dove |
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| Institution: | 1.Estación Experimental del Zaidín (CSIC),Granada,Spain;2.Department of Earth Sciences,University of Cambridge,Cambridge,UK |
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| Abstract: | The distributions of Al 3+/Mg 2+ and Al 3+/ Fe 3+ were studied in the octahedral sheet of illites and smectites. Cation exchange interaction parameters J i, as first, second, third and fourth neighbours were calculated by means of empirical interatomic potentials. Several compositions with different interlayer cations and tetrahedral charge were studied in both Al/Mg and Al/Fe systems. The values of J i parameters were similar in all Al/Mg samples. From these J i values, a strong trend to form AlMg pairs was observed in the Al/Mg system. In the Al/Fe system, the values of J i are very small, indicating no preference for Al/Fe mixing. From these J i parameters, Monte Carlo simulations of octahedral cation ordering were performed. In the Al/Mg system, an order/disorder phase transition was observed obtaining a fully ordered distribution without presence of an MgMg pair, according to experimental data. Similar phase transitions were observed for the octahedral compositions Al/Mg 1/1 and 3/1. In the Al/Fe system an order/disorder phase transition was also detected but at very low temperature for illite and smectite. Complete Al/Fe mixing is observed in the most stable ordered distribution. This is consistent with experimental results for synthetic Fe/Al smectites. |
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