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Clay Mineral Surface Geochemistry: Structure of Water Adsorbed on a Mica Surface

Sung-Ho Park and Garrison Sposito

Contact: Sung-Ho Park, 510/643-372, Sungho_Park@lbl.gov

Research Objective
The objective of this project is to obtain the detailed structural properties of hydration water on a micaceous mineral surface.

To continue reading more about this project, view the 1-page pdf here.

 

 

 

Simulation cell of the molecular structure of water adsorbed on muscovite (right); water O density distribution as a function of the distance z from the mean surface oxygen position (left, middle); water molecules adsorbed near ditrigonal cavities (left, bottom); adsorbed water molecules distributed laterally at ~1.3 A and forming hydrogen bonds with mineral surface oxygens (left, top).