PMID- 34684789 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211116 LR - 20211116 IS - 1420-3049 (Electronic) IS - 1420-3049 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 20 DP - 2021 Oct 14 TI - Role of Na-Montmorillonite on Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation. LID - 10.3390/molecules26206211 [doi] LID - 6211 AB - The use of additives has generated significant attention due to their extensive application in the microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) process. This study aims to discuss the effects of Na-montmorillonite (Na-MMT) on CaCO(3) crystallization and sandy soil consolidation through the MICP process. Compared with the traditional MICP method, a larger amount of CaCO(3) precipitate was obtained. Moreover, the reaction of Ca(2+) ions was accelerated, and bacteria were absorbed by a small amount of Na-MMT. Meanwhile, an increase in the total cementing solution (TCS) was not conducive to the previous reaction. This problem was solved by conducting the reaction with Na-MMT. The polymorphs and morphologies of the CaCO(3) precipitates were tested by using X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. Further, when Na-MMT was used, the morphology of CaCO(3) changed from an individual precipitate to agglomerations of the precipitate. Compared to the experiments without Na-MMT in the MICP process, the addition of Na-MMT significantly reduced the hydraulic conductivity (HC) of sandy soil consolidated. FAU - Tang, Guowang AU - Tang G AD - School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China. FAU - Jia, Cangqin AU - Jia C AD - School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China. AD - Key Laboratory of Deep Geodrilling Technology, Ministry of Land and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China. FAU - Wang, Guihe AU - Wang G AD - School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China. FAU - Yu, Peizhi AU - Yu P AD - School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China. FAU - Zhang, Haonan AU - Zhang H AD - School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China. LA - eng GR - 41772388/Peizhi Yu/ GR - KF2019X/Cangqin Jia/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20211014 PL - Switzerland TA - Molecules JT - Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 100964009 RN - 0 (Sand) RN - 0 (Soil) RN - 1302-78-9 (Bentonite) RN - H0G9379FGK (Calcium Carbonate) SB - IM MH - Bentonite/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Biotechnology MH - Calcium Carbonate/isolation & purification/*metabolism MH - Chemical Precipitation MH - Crystallization MH - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning MH - Sand/chemistry MH - Soil/chemistry MH - Sporosarcina/growth & development/*metabolism MH - X-Ray Diffraction PMC - PMC8538570 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Na-montmorillonite OT - bio-mineralization OT - calcium carbonate OT - hydraulic conductivity OT - morphology of precipitates COIS- The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/10/24 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/17 06:00 PMCR- 2021/10/14 CRDT- 2021/10/23 01:19 PHST- 2021/08/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/10/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/10/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/10/23 01:19 [entrez] PHST- 2021/10/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/10/14 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - molecules26206211 [pii] AID - molecules-26-06211 [pii] AID - 10.3390/molecules26206211 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Molecules. 2021 Oct 14;26(20):6211. doi: 10.3390/molecules26206211.