Abstract
Swelling and shrinking in clay minerals, such as the NA-montmor-illonite shown, occurs in a stepwise fashion and by different pathways.Through simulations it has been shown that a free-energy barrierseparating stable layered hydrates is the cause of this hysteresis. FormoreinformationseetheCommunicationbyT. J.Tambachet al.onthefollowing page.
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