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Precipitation of calcium carbonate from seawater

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Slight perturbations of the oceanic DOC by addition of oxalic acid, tryptophan, and sodium humate did not affect the magnesium content of spontaneously precipitated Mg-calcites. However, the copresence of spontaneously precipitated aragonite and of Mg-calcite as a function of the initial degree of supersaturation was changed by the dissolved organic matter. Times of nucleation for carbonates was affected by organic matter at low organic concentrations because of coating and at high concentrations due to complexation.

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  1. Ocean University of Qingdao, Qingdao, China

    Li Jiliang

  2. College of Oceanography, Oregon State University, USA

    R. M. Pytkowicz

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Jiliang, L., Pytkowicz, R.M. Precipitation of calcium carbonate from seawater. Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 6, 358–366 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02850459

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