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Impact of the substitution distribution and the interlayer distance on both the surface energy and the hydration energy for Pb-montmorillonite

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The understanding of the adsorption of charged species in swelling clays is of primary importance to optimise the capture of heavy metal ions in soils. Adsorption is expected to depend on the microscopic structure of the clay, which varies strongly with the origin and history (hydration-desorption cycles, temperature ...) of the sample. Then it is necessary to evaluate the distinct interaction energies between water molecules, interlayer cations and clay surfaces, taking into account the position of the substitutions in the clay layer. Here we propose an investigation of plausible structures of some Pb-montmorillonites differing by their interlayer distances, their layer charges and the distribution of substitutions in octahedral sheet from a modelling approach, looking at the evolution of the partial charges in these structures. Using a methodology previously developed in the simpler case of alkali cations, we also estimate the surface energy in the dry state and then the details of the hydration energy for the cation and for the clay layer to interpret the capacity of ion adsorption in swelling clays to capture heavy metals. We conclude from our calculations that a cell structure with intermediate layer charge (close to 0.5 per unit cell) is probably the best candidate to allow the capture of the Pb2+ as interlayer cations considering the electrostatic effect. The hydration process of the cation appears as the most energetic part of the hydration of swelling clays compared to the interactions with the layer, but the cation mobility is limited since the hydration process is not complete. This means that the heavy metal ions, present in the interlayer space, will be unable to diffuse and will be captured in the case of a low layer charge.
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Fabrice Salles, Jean Marc Douillard, Olivier Bildstein, Henri van Damme. Impact of the substitution distribution and the interlayer distance on both the surface energy and the hydration energy for Pb-montmorillonite. Applied Clay Science, 2011, 53 (3), pp.379-385. ⟨10.1016/j.clay.2010.09.003⟩. ⟨hal-00623561⟩
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