On the physical and chemical stability of shales

E Van Oort - journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2003 - Elsevier
The stability of clay-rich shales is profoundly affected by their complex physical and
chemical interactions with drilling fluids. In this paper, an attempt is made to clarify the …

Hydration, expansion, structure, and dynamics of layered double hydroxides

X Hou, DL Bish, SL Wang, CT Johnston… - American …, 2003 - degruyter.com
Water-vapor sorption isotherms, relative humidity (RH) controlled powder X-ray diffraction
(XRD) data, and new and previously published multi-nuclear NMR spectroscopic data for a …

Surface structure of organoclays

H Heinz, UW Suter - arXiv preprint cond-mat/0311543, 2003 - arxiv.org
The properties of organically modified clay minerals determine essentially the quality of
polymer-clay nanocomposites. We investigate alkylammonium-micas with different alkyl …

Local structural information of Cs in smectite hydrates by means of an EXAFS study and molecular dynamics simulations

M Nakano, K Kawamura, Y Ichikawa - Applied Clay Science, 2003 - Elsevier
To elucidate the behavior of Cs atoms and the adsorption sites for Cs atoms in clays,
molecular structural information around Cs atoms adsorbed in bentonite (montmorillonite …

Polarized infrared study of hybrid Langmuir− Blodgett monolayers containing clay mineral nanoparticles

RHA Ras, CT Johnston, EI Franses, R Ramaekers… - Langmuir, 2003 - ACS Publications
Hybrid clay-organic monolayers prepared using the Langmuir− Blodgett (LB) method are
examined by polarized infrared attenuated total reflection spectroscopy (ATR), polarized …

Molecular dynamics simulations of adsorption of organic compounds at the clay mineral/aqueous solution interface

CH Yu, SQ Newton, MA Norman, L Schäfer… - Structural Chemistry, 2003 - Springer
Computational studies of the sorption of organic compounds at clay mineral surfaces are
described. Molecular dynamics simulations were performed with a recently developed …

Wave velocities in shales–a rock physics model

RM Holt, E Fjær - 65th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, 2003 - earthdoc.org
C-13 WAVE VELOCITIES IN SHALES–A ROCK PHYSICS MODEL Abstract 1 A rock physics
model for predicting wave velocities in shale has been established based on the Hashin …

Analytical solution of compression, free swelling and electrical loading of saturated charged porous media

J Van Meerveld, MM Molenaar, JM Huyghe… - Transport in porous …, 2003 - Springer
Analytical solutions are derived for one-dimensional consolidation, free swelling and
electrical loading of a saturated charged porous medium. The governing equations describe …

Molecular dynamics study of ε-caprolactone intercalated in Wyoming sodium montmorillonite

A Gaudel-Siri, P Brocorens, D Siri, F Gardebien… - Langmuir, 2003 - ACS Publications
The intercalation process of the ε-caprolactone monomer into sodium montmorillonite clay is
modeled with a combined molecular mechanics/molecular dynamics approach. This study is …

Paramagnetic properties of the spinel-type Al1− xMnx-sulphate salts for its pillared intercalation into a clay mineral

K Kawano, SB Madhu, M Mizutamari… - Journal of Physics and …, 2003 - Elsevier
Paramagnetic interactions on Manganese ions substituted for Aluminium ions by x-mole
fraction (x= 0.01–0.1) for the spinel-type Al-complexes,[AlO4Al12 (OH) 24 (H2O) 12] 7+ …