Mg₂(OH)₂CO₃·3H₂O whiskers growth mechanism

Abstract

From the perspective of growth units, the growth mechanism of Mg₂(OH)₂CO₃·3H₂O whisker is investigated in this paper. Results show that the growth morphology of Mg₂(OH)₂CO₃·3H₂O whisker is consistent with the model of anion coordination polyhedron growth units. The growth solution Raman shift of Mg₂(OH)₂CO₃·3H₂O was monitored using Raman spectroscopy. The growth units are [Mg-(OH)₄]^2- and H₂CO₃. The growth process of Mg₂(OH)₂CO₃·3H₂O whisker is as follows: growth unit [Mg-(OH)₄]^2- first incorporates into the larger dimension [Mg-(OH)₄] _n ^2-, then the [Mg-(OH)₄] _n ^2- combines with H₂CO₃ into a linear skeleton Mg₂(OH)₂CO₃ in the same line. Mg₂(OH)₂CO₃ combines with H₂O by hydrogen bonds and ultimately transforms into Mg₂(OH)₂CO₃·3H₂O whisker. Magnesium carbonate whiskers have a layered structure, each of which is made of magnesium, carbon, oxygen, with H₂O in between each layer. When skeletons are superimposed within the same plane as a parallelepiped one, they grow into solid cuboid-shaped whiskers. When the parallelepiped skeletons planes combine with each other through the cascading links, they grow into hollow cylindrical whiskers.

Keywords

Mg₂(OH)₂CO₃·3H₂O whisker / model of anion coordination polyhedron growth units / growth mechanism

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