Low temperature and limited water activity reveal a pathway to magnesite via amorphous magnesium carbonate

Journal Article
Chemical Communications, vol. 56, iss. 81, pp. 12154-12157, 2020
Authors
Sebastian T. Mergelsberg, Sebastien N. Kerisit, Eugene S. Ilton, Odeta Qafoku, Christopher J. Thompson, John S. Loring
Abstract

Experiments at low H2O activity and 25 °C reveal a new reaction pathway to magnesite via amorphous magnesium carbonate during the thin H2O film carbonation of forsterite in water-bearing liquid CO2.

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