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  • Water as the Key to Proto-A...
    Farhadi-Khouzani, Masoud; Chevrier, Daniel M.; Zhang, Peng; Hedin, Niklas; Gebauer, Denis

    Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), July 4, 2016, Letnik: 55, Številka: 28
    Journal Article

    Temperature and pH value can affect the short‐range order of proto‐structured and additive‐free amorphous calcium carbonates (ACCs). Whereas a distinct change occurs in proto‐vaterite (pv) ACC above 45 °C at pH 9.80, proto‐calcite (pc) ACC (pH 8.75) is unaffected within the investigated range of temperatures (7–65 °C). IR and NMR spectroscopic studies together with EXAFS analysis showed that the temperature‐induced change is related to the formation of proto‐aragonite (pa) ACC. The data strongly suggest that the binding of water molecules induces dipole moments across the carbonate ions in pa‐ACC as in aragonite, where the dipole moments are due to the symmetry of the crystal structure. Altogether, a (pseudo‐)phase diagram of the CaCO3 polyamorphism in which water plays a key role can be formulated based on variables of state, such as the temperature, and solution parameters, such as the pH value. The binding of water molecules above 45 °C at pH 9.80 induces dipole moments across carbonate ions in proto‐aragonite amorphous CaCO3 as in the anhydrous crystalline polymorph aragonite, where the dipole moments are due to the crystal structure. This key role of water was inferred from IR (see picture) as well as NMR spectroscopy in combination with Ca K‐edge EXAFS analysis.