From synthetic to biogenic Mg-containing calcites: a comparative study using FTIR microspectroscopy.
Long X, Nasse MJ, Ma Y, Qi L.
Long X, et al.
Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2012 Feb 21;14(7):2255-63. doi: 10.1039/c2cp22453d. Epub 2012 Jan 12.
Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2012.
PMID: 22240878
The formation mechanism of the thermodynamically unstable calcite phase, very high Mg calcite, in biological organisms such as sea urchin or corallina algae has been an enigma for a very long time. In contrast to conventional methods such as KBr pellet Fourier Transform in …
The formation mechanism of the thermodynamically unstable calcite phase, very high Mg calcite, in biological organisms such as sea urchin or …