A Simulation Study on the Swelling and Shrinking Behaviors of Nanosized Montmorillonite Based on Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics

Table 1

The parameters of Mnt with different numbers of water molecules between layers.

Parameters	The number of water molecules
	16	32	64	96	128	149	166	183	199	216	232
The number of hydrated layers	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Initial value (Å)	12.5	12.5	12.5	15.5	18.5	18.5	18.5	18.5	18.5	21.5	21.5
Initial water content (%)	5	10	20	30	40	45	50	55	60	65	70