Comparison of dissolution and surface reactions between calcite and aragonite in L-glutamic and L-aspartic acid solutions

Molecules. 2010 Jan 11;15(1):258-69. doi: 10.3390/molecules15010258.

Abstract

We have investigated dissolution and surface reaction of calcite and aragonite in amino acid solutions of L-glutamic (L-glu) and L-aspartic acid (L-asp) at weak acidity of above pH 3. The surface reactions of calcite and aragonite were related with the dissolution. Calcite was dissolved in both solutions but the dissolution was limited by an adsorption of Ca-carboxylate salt. Aragonite was neither dissolved nor reacted in amino acid solutions because the crystal surface consisted of a hard to dissolve structure.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetic Acid / chemistry
  • Aspartic Acid / chemistry*
  • Calcium / chemistry
  • Calcium Carbonate / chemistry*
  • Glutamic Acid / chemistry*
  • Kinetics
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
  • Solubility
  • Solutions
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Surface Properties
  • Time Factors
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Solutions
  • Aspartic Acid
  • Glutamic Acid
  • Calcium Carbonate
  • Acetic Acid
  • Calcium