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

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Mergelsberg, Sebastian T., Kerisit, Sebastien N., Ilton, Eugene S., Qafoku, Odeta, Thompson, Christopher J., Loring, John S.·2020·Chemical Communications
DOI 10.1039/d0cc04907g
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Experiments at low H 2 O activity and 25 °C reveal a new reaction pathway to magnesite via amorphous magnesium carbonate during the thin H 2 O film carbonation of forsterite in water-bearing liquid CO 2 .

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  • Magnesite could precipitate under low water activity but not in the bulk solution.

    “A recent work demonstrated that magnesite could precipitate under low water activity but not in the bulk solution.59”

    From Low-Temperature Synthesis of Disordered Dolomite and High-Magnesium Calcite in Ethanol–Water Solutions: The Solvation Effect and Implications (2022) · cites this paper as [59]

    The paper reports magnesite growth in thin water films at low water activity (Abstract; p. 4). It does not demonstrate that magnesite cannot precipitate in bulk solution; the discussion on p. 4 notes that magnesite has been detected in an aqueous solution, albeit with microspheres present. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Magnesite formation has been reported at 25-35 °C and 90 bar, compared to ~65 °C necessary for uncatalyzed formation in bulk water environments.

    “Magnesite formation has been reported at only 25-35 °C and 90 bar 60 49 61 , compared to ~65 °C necessary for uncatalyzed formation in bulk water environments, a barrier attributed to notoriously sluggish Mg 2+ water exchange kinetics.49,62,63”

    From Molecular-scale mechanisms of CO2 mineralization in nanoscale interfacial water films (2022) · cites this paper as [61]

    The Figure 2 caption reports magnesite formation at 25 °C and 90 bar, and the introduction describes earlier formation at 35 °C in thin water films. The introduction says magnesite is rarely observed below 60 °C in aqueous solution, likely because of slow Mg²⁺ water exchange; it does not establish that ~65 °C is necessary for uncatalyzed formation in bulk water or give 90 bar for the 35 °C result. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Amorphous magnesium carbonate plays a key role in the nucleation and growth of carbonates in nanoscale water films, especially at low temperature.

    “After the presence of amorphous carbonates were deduced from infrared spectroscopic and thermogravimetric-mass spectrometry [G] measurements, 50,53 Mergelsberg et al. 61 definitively showed that amorphous magnesium carbonate plays a key role in the nucleation and growth of carbonates in nanoscale water film, especially at low temperature.”

    From Molecular-scale mechanisms of CO2 mineralization in nanoscale interfacial water films (2022) · cites this paper as [61]

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Authors
Mergelsberg, S. T., Kerisit, S. N., Ilton, E. S., Qafoku, O., Thompson, C. J., & Loring, J. S.
Affiliations
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (US)
  • Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate
Corresponding author
Loring, John S.
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Venue
Chemical Communications
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Published
2020
Volume
56
Issue
81
Pages
12154-12157
ISSN
  • 1359-7345 (ISSN-L)
  • 1364-548X
DOI
10.1039/d0cc04907g
OpenAlex
W3084371475
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d778686a5ee67283b5727e7546cece564374d62d
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FWCI
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Language
en
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Funders
Basic Energy Sciences
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
  • Physical Sciences › Chemical Engineering › Process Chemistry and Technology › Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
Keywords
magnesite, forsterite, nesquehonite, carbonation, liquid CO2, water activity, low temperature, reaction pathways

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