Carbonate mineralization via an amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) pathway: Tuning polymorph selection by Mg, pH, and mixing environment

Patricia M Dove1, Christina Blue2, Sebastian Tobias Mergelsberg2, Anthony Joseph Giuffre3, Nizhou Han1 and James Jon De Yoreo4, (1)Virginia Tech, Geosciences, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (2)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (3)University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, (4)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States