Issue 37, 2024

Calcite–aragonite transformation in an eggshell: a crucial role of organics and assessment of the impact of milling conditions on its extent using Taguchi design

Abstract

Phase transformations during high-energy ball milling, a tool of mechanochemistry, are interesting due to the possible production of metastable phases without the need for artificially introducing high temperatures and pressures. In our work, the transformation of calcite to aragonite in an eggshell is studied in detail. The presence of organic material, in either the naturally present eggshell membrane, or artificially supplied L-cysteine, was found to be crucial for the phase transformation to occur, its decomposition leading to a pressure increase necessary for aragonite formation. The presence of sulfur in the organics seems to be crucial, as corroborated by much lower phase transformation extent when utilizing sulfur-free organics for comparison. The degree of the transformation in an eggshell was strongly dependent on the used milling conditions. The optimization was assessed using the Taguchi method, namely using a 44 orthogonal array. The optimized parameters encompassed milling time, sample mass, milling speed and duration of breaks and it was shown that sample mass has a decisive effect on the amount of obtained aragonite. Under the most efficient conditions, 73.7% of aragonite was obtained. Prolonging milling until 4 hours further boosts the transformation, reaching 89.9% of aragonite, but further milling leads to the collapse of the aragonite structure and pure calcite was observed after 5 hours.

Graphical abstract: Calcite–aragonite transformation in an eggshell: a crucial role of organics and assessment of the impact of milling conditions on its extent using Taguchi design

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 jun. 2024
Accepted
15 ago. 2024
First published
23 ago. 2024

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024,26, 24279-24287

Calcite–aragonite transformation in an eggshell: a crucial role of organics and assessment of the impact of milling conditions on its extent using Taguchi design

K. Kenges, S. Karafiludis, R. Džunda, I. O. Tampubolon, B. Satybaldiyev, F. Emmerling and M. Baláž, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26, 24279 DOI: 10.1039/D4CP02354D

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