Dehydroxylation of Kaolinite to Metakaolin - A Molecular Dynamics Study

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, whi...

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Main Authors: Sperinck, Shani, Raiteri, Paolo, Marks, Nigel, Wright, Kathleen
Format: Journal Article
Published: The Royal Society of Chemistry 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10881