Abstract
In present work, environmentally benign green aragonite crystals were synthesized from waste chicken eggshells and bivalve seashells through a simple and low-cost wet carbonation method. This method involves a constant stirring of calcium oxide slurry and magnesium chloride suspension in aqueous solution with constraint carbon dioxide injection at 80 ffiC. The physicochemical properties of the synthesized aragonite were further compared with the aragonite synthesized from commercial calcium oxide. The morphological analysis, such as acicular shape and optimum aspect ratio (~21), were confirmed by scanning electron microscopy. The average crystal size (10-30 m) and specific surface area (2-18 m2 g-1) were determined by particle size and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller analysis, respectively. Moreover, a schematic crystal growth mechanism was proposed to demonstrate the genesis and progression of aragonite crystal. Green aragonite can bridge the void for numerous applications and holds the potential for the commercial-scale synthesis with eggshells and bivalve seashells as low-cost precursors.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 5062 |
Journal | Sustainability (Switzerland) |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 Jun 1 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 by the authors.
Keywords
- Aragonite
- Bivalve seashell
- Carbonation
- Eggshell
- Precipitation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law