Simple, Reproducible Synthesis of Pure Monohydrocalcite with Low Mg Content

Autor: Takuma Kitajima, Keisuke Fukushi, Masahiro Yoda, Yasuo Takeichi, Yoshio Takahashi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Minerals, Vol 10, Iss 4, p 346 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-163X
DOI: 10.3390/min10040346
Popis: Monohydrocalcite (MHC) is a metastable hydrous calcium carbonate that requires Mg in the mother solution during formation in the laboratory. MHC prepared by previously reported methods always contains a large amount of Mg (Mg/Ca ratio up to 0.4) because of the simultaneous formation of amorphous Mg carbonate during synthesis, which has hindered detailed elucidation of the mineralogical characteristics of MHC. Here, we synthesized MHC at low temperature (5 °C) and found that it contained little Mg (Mg/Ca ratio < 0.01). X-ray absorption near-edge structure analysis of synthesized MHC revealed that the Mg present was structurally incorporated within the MHC, and that the chemical speciation of this Mg was similar to that of Mg in aragonite. Thus, low-temperature synthesis is an effective means of producing MHC without also producing amorphous Mg carbonate.
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