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NPJ MATERIALS DEGRADATION
Volume 2, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/s41529-018-0039-0
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- UNT Office of Research and Economic Development
- Department of Energy Nuclear Energy University Project [135494]
- U.S. DOE, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences [DESC0016584]
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program [DGE114248]
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Nanoporous silica-rich gel formed on silicate glass surfaces during dissolution in aqueous environment is critical in elucidating the corrosion mechanisms and the long-term residual dissolution behaviors. Silica gel models were created using two types of methods with reactive force field-based molecular dynamics simulations. The results show that the remnant silica gels created from the ISG bulk structure have a more isolated and closed pore morphology and slightly higher glass network connectivity. This contrasts with the gel structures created by hydrogarnet defect formation that exhibit more connected pore morphologies. The remnant gel structures show lower water diffusivity which was explained by the nano-confinement effect of water molecules due to frequent interactions of water molecules with adjacent silica walls and the more isolated pore morphology in the remnant gel structures. These results reveal the complexity in terms of micro and atomic structures of these silica gels, and both structure features have impact on water transport in the gel layer hence the passivating effect that controls the long-term dissolution behavior of these glasses.
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