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MATERIALS & DESIGN
Volume 83, Issue -, Pages 308-313Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2015.06.051
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CaCO3 polymorphism; Flue gas desulfurization gypsum; Mineral carbonation; Ammonia; Ethanol
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- Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) - Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning of Korea
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We previously developed a process for the precipitation of pure CaCO3 by exploiting the induction period of one-step mineral carbonation of flue gas desulfurization gypsum. Herein, the process was further investigated to elucidate CaCO3 polymorphism as a function of the addition of ammonia and ethanol using quantitative X-ray diffraction and field-emission scanning electron microscopy. Calcite, which was the dominant phase when using a stoichiometric amount of ammonia, was replaced by vaterite upon the addition of excess ammonia. Ethanol tends to induce vaterite and aragonite phases under stoichiometric and excess ammonia conditions, respectively. Thus, when using excess ammonia, single-phase aragonite was crystallized when the ethanol concentration exceeded 30 vol.%. Ethanol stabilized the vaterite phase, which otherwise transformed into superstructure calcite upon contact with water. This process offers a simple method for manipulating the phase and morphology of clean CaCO3 produced using industrial by-products by mineral carbonation. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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