Research Article

Molecular Structural Transformation of 2:1 Clay Minerals by a Constant-Pressure Molecular Dynamics Simulation Method

Table 1

Initial atom positions and effective charges in the unit cell of a dioctahedral clay mineral layer as reported by Skipper et al. [2].

Atomq/e 𝑥 (Å) 𝑦 (Å) 𝑧 (Å)Atomq/e 𝑥 (Å) 𝑦 (Å) 𝑧 (Å)

Na1.00.00.00.5Na1.03.529.14−0.5
Al3.04.41.520.0Al3.07.046.090.0
Al3.04.4−1.520.0AL3.07.043.050.0
O−0.83.962.283.28O−0.80.889.14−3.28
O−1.71750.00.01.06O−0.82.26.86−3.28
H0.71750.88150.01.434O−0.8−0.446.86−3.28
Si1.22.641.522.73O−1.71753.529.14−1.06
Si1.20.03.052.73H0.71752.63859.14−1.434
O−1.02.641.521.06Si1.20.887.62−2.73
O−1.00.03.051.06Si1.23.526.09−2.73
O−0.82.640.03.28O−1.00.887.62−1.06
O−0.81.322.283.28O−1.03.526.09−1.06
O−0.80.04.573.28O−0.83.524.57−3.28
O−0.83.966.853.28O−0.8−0.442.29−3.28
O−0.81.326.853.28O−0.82.22.29−3.28
O−1.71752.644.571.06O−1.71750.884.57−1.06
H0.71753.52154.571.434H0.7175−0.00154.57−1.434
Si1.20.06.092.73Si1.23.523.05−2.73
Si1.22.647.622.73Si1.20.881.52−2.73
O−1.00.06.091.06O−1.03.523.05−1.06
O−1.02.647.621.06O−1.00.881.52−1.06