On the Phase Diagram of Calcium Carbonate Solutions

Zhaoyong Zou, Wouter J. E. M. Habraken, Luca Bertinetti, Yael Politi, Assaf Gal, Stephen Weiner, Lia Addadi, Peter Fratzl

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Abstract

A liquid–liquid phase boundary is experimentally determined in calcium carbonate solutions obtained by rapid mixing. Nanoparticles of amorphous calcium carbonate form at concentration higher than this boundary and their size diverges close to the boundary, which is interpreted as a spinodal line. At lower concentrations, the solution is metastable against the nucleation of crystalline calcium carbonate phases.
Original languageEnglish
Article number1600076
Number of pages5
JournalAdvanced Materials Interfaces
Volume4
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 9 Jan 2017

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