Water: How Does It Influence the CaCO3 Formation?

H Du, E Amstad - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nature produces biomineral‐based materials with a fascinating set of properties using only
a limited number of elements. This set of properties is obtained by closely controlling the …

Phosphorus biogeochemistry regulated by carbonates in soil

Y Geng, S Pan, L Zhang, J Qiu, K He, H Gao, Z Li… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phosphates are the dominant phosphorus (P) source on Earth. The phosphates govern
available P in soil, or even the complete ecosystem. The common deficiency of available P …

Chemical and physical controls on the transformation of amorphous calcium carbonate into crystalline CaCO3 polymorphs

CR Blue, A Giuffre, S Mergelsberg, N Han… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
Calcite and other crystalline polymorphs of CaCO 3 can form by pathways involving
amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC). Apparent inconsistencies in the literature indicate the …

Microstructure of cement paste subject to ambient pressure carbonation curing

X Xian, Y Shao - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigated the microstructure of ordinary Portland cement paste subject to early
age ambient pressure carbonation curing in a flexible enclosure. The high-pressure …

Flue gas carbonation curing of cement paste and concrete at ambient pressure

X Xian, D Zhang, Y Shao - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
High pressure carbonation with pure gas is commonly adopted in early-age concrete
carbonation curing for performance enhancement and emission reduction. However, the …

Thermal stress reduces pocilloporid coral resilience to ocean acidification by impairing control over calcifying fluid chemistry

M Guillermic, LP Cameron, I De Corte, S Misra… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The combination of thermal stress and ocean acidification (OA) can more negatively affect
coral calcification than an individual stressors, but the mechanism behind this interaction is …

[HTML][HTML] Planktic foraminifera form their shells via metastable carbonate phases

DE Jacob, R Wirth, OBA Agbaje, O Branson… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The calcium carbonate shells of planktic foraminifera provide our most valuable
geochemical archive of ocean surface conditions and climate spanning the last 100 million …

Nonclassical crystallization in vivo et in vitro (II): Nanogranular features in biomimetic minerals disclose a general colloid-mediated crystal growth mechanism

C Rodríguez-Navarro, E Ruiz-Agudo, J Harris… - Journal of structural …, 2016 - Elsevier
Recent research has shown that biominerals and their biomimetics (i) typically form via an
amorphous precursor phase, and (ii) commonly display a nanogranular texture. Apparently …

Production of concrete pipes by carbonation curing in an inflatable enclosure

X Xian, M Mahoutian, Y Shao - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Production of concrete pipes using ambient pressure (AP) carbonation curing in an
inflatable enclosure was studied. The process was developed to replace traditional steam …

[HTML][HTML] The transformation of amorphous calcium carbonate to calcite and classical nucleation theory

CL Freeman, JH Harding - Journal of Crystal Growth, 2023 - Elsevier
The interfaces of calcite with water, dehydrated and hydrated amorphous calcium carbonate
are studied with molecular dynamics simulations. The interfacial energies demonstrate that …