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Catch the carbon dioxide

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Understanding the minute details of CO2 transport is key to finding new technologies that reduce the hazardous levels of CO2 in our atmosphere. Now, the observation that the transport of CO2 in molten calcium carbonate occurs faster than standard molecular diffusion brings us one step closer.

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Figure 1: A Grotthuss-like mechanism for CO2 transport.

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  1. Barbara Kirchner and Barbara Intemann are at the Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany,

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Kirchner, B., Intemann, B. Catch the carbon dioxide. Nature Chem 8, 401–402 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2499

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