Structure of kaolinite edge surfaces

Published: 30 October 2023| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/f3wvvxrxgz.1
Contributors:
Anton Kasprzhitskii,
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Description

Kaolinite is one of the most common minerals found in various soils and sedimentary rocks. Its three-dimensional structure includes a grid of SiO4 tetrahedrons linked to a sheet of AlO4(OH)2 octahedrons. The data presented include structures of the most frequently occurring stable surfaces of kaolinite: (001), (00 -1), (010), (110). Models of these surfaces can be used to study comparative adsorption activity and stability of kaolinite particle edges.

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In constructing the structure of kaolinite edge surfaces, the broken bonds were compensated by hydrogen atoms.

Institutions

Rostov State University for Railway Transportation

Categories

Materials Physics

Funding

Russian Science Foundation

19-79-10266

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