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GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA
卷 74, 期 21, 页码 6064-6076出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.08.010
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- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [CGL2007-65523-C02-01, CGL2007-65523-C02-02]
- Comunidad de Madrid [CAM-2009 910148]
- Microscopy Centre-UCM
The nucleation and growth of CaCO3 phases from aqueous solutions with SO42-:CO32- ratios from 0 to 1.62 and a pH of similar to 10.9 were studied experimentally in batch reactors at 25 C. The mineralogy, morphology and composition of the precipitates were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and microanalyses. The solids recovered after short reaction times (5 min to 1 h) consisted of a mixture of calcite and vaterite, with a S content that linearly correlates with the SO42-:CO32- ratio in the aqueous solution. The solvent-mediated transformation of vaterite to calcite subsequently occurred. After 24 h of equilibration, calcite was the only phase present in the precipitate for aqueous solutions with SO42-:CO32- <= 1. For SO42-:CO32- > 1, vaterite persisted as a major phase for a longer time (>250 h for SO42-:CO32- = 1.62). To study the role of sulfate in stabilizing vaterite, we performed a molecular simulation of the substitution of sulfate for carbonate groups into the crystal structure of vaterite, aragonite and calcite. The results obtained show that the incorporation of small amounts (<3 mole%) of sulfate is energetically favorable in the vaterite structure, unfavorable in calcite and very unfavorable in aragonite. The computer modeling provided thermodynamic information, which, combined with kinetic arguments, allowed us to put forward a plausible explanation for the observed crystallization behavior. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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