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- Title
Dissolution of Portlandite in Pure Water: Part 1 Molecular Dynamics (MD) Approach.
- Authors
Salah Uddin, Khondakar Mohammad; Izadifar, Mohammadreza; Ukrainczyk, Neven; Koenders, Eduardus; Middendorf, Bernhard
- Abstract
The current contribution proposes a multi-scale bridging modeling approach for the dissolution of crystals to connect the atomistic scale to the (sub-) micro-scale. This is demonstrated in the example of dissolution of portlandite, as a relatively simple benchmarking example for cementitious materials. Moreover, dissolution kinetics is also important for other industrial processes, e.g., acid gas absorption and pH control. In this work, the biased molecular dynamics (metadynamics) coupled with reactive force field is employed to calculate the reaction path as a free energy surface of calcium dissolution at 298 K in water from the different crystal facets of portlandite. It is also explained why the reactivity of the (010), (100), and (1 1 ¯ 0) crystal facet is higher compared to the (001) facet. In addition, the influence of neighboring Ca crystal sites arrangements on the atomistic dissolution rates is explained as necessary scenarios for the upscaling. The calculated rate constants of all atomistic reaction scenarios provided an input catalog ready to be used in an upscaling kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) approach.
- Subjects
MOLECULAR dynamics; GAS absorption &; adsorption; MULTISCALE modeling; FREE surfaces; MANUFACTURING processes
- Publication
Materials (1996-1944), 2022, Vol 15, Issue 4, p1404
- ISSN
1996-1944
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ma15041404