Issue 19, 2013

Calcium sulfate hemihydrate-mediated crystallization of gypsum on Ca2+-activated cellulose thin films

Abstract

Spin-coated cellulose thin films have been used as model substrates to investigate the crystallization of calcium sulfate dihydrate (gypsum) under industrially relevant conditions using highly concentrated dispersions of calcium sulfate hemihydrate (bassanite). Pre-treatment of the films by regeneration in aqueous solutions of Ca2+ promotes gypsum crystallization specifically on the polysaccharide substrate in the presence of bassanite or in control solutions comprising supersaturated calcium sulphate. The results demonstrate a facile procedure in which inert films of cellulose are rendered active with regard to gypsum nucleation and growth, and could have important applications in the processing and general application of Plaster of Paris-based materials and products.

Graphical abstract: Calcium sulfate hemihydrate-mediated crystallization of gypsum on Ca2+-activated cellulose thin films

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Nov 2012
Accepted
05 Dec 2012
First published
05 Dec 2012

CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 3793-3798

Calcium sulfate hemihydrate-mediated crystallization of gypsum on Ca2+-activated cellulose thin films

T. Nissinen, M. Li, N. Brielles and S. Mann, CrystEngComm, 2013, 15, 3793 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26814K

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