Vibrational study of the role of organics on the stability of amorphous carbonates

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In recent years, it has been observed that the formation of stable crystalline polymorphs of CaCO3 is preceded by the precipitation of an amorphous phase -Amorphous Calcium Carbonate (ACC)-, which contains structural water. ACC is found in the first steps of formation of many organisms (see for instance the prototypical example of sea urchin). ACC usually contains a small weight fraction of some organic and inorganic additives, whose role is not yet fully understood. Laboratory studies have shown that Mg2+ plays a role as stabilizer of the amorphous structure, preventing its crystallization. In a recent experiment at LAGRANGE we proved false the hypothesis that Mg2+ was acting as a stabilizer of the amorphous structure through the stiffening of H-bonding, as it had been suggested by molecular dynamics simulations. Here, we aim to explore the role of organics as modifiers of the water H-bond network in ACC.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5291/ILL-DATA.7-04-143
Metadata Access https://data.ill.fr/openaire/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=10.5291/ILL-DATA.7-04-143
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Creator Martinez, Alejandro Fernandez; Koishi, Ayumi; Agudo, Encarnacion Ruiz; Cuello, Gabriel Julio; Waychunas, Glenn; Ruiz, Monica Jimenez
Publisher Institut Laue-Langevin
Publication Year 2015
Rights OpenAccess; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Resource Type Dataset
Size 7 MB
Version 1
Discipline Particles, Nuclei and Fields