Modeling the Mechanisms of Clay Damage by Molecular Dynamic Simulation

Figure 5

Swelling curves and density profiles for Na- (a), K- (b), and Ca-montmorillonite (c) as a function of water content from MD simulations at 1 atm and 300 K. Color code: black: clay surface; red: water oxygen; blue: sodium; ochre: potassium; green: calcium.

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