Characterisation of calcium carbonate and its polymorphs from cockle shells (Anadara granosa)

• Main Authors: Islam, Kh. Nurul, Abu Bakar @ Zakaria, Md Zuki, Mohamed Mustapha, Noordin, Hussein, Mohd Zobir, Abd Rahman, Norshazlirah Shazlyn, Ali, Md. Eaqub
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25339/1/Characterisation%20of%20calcium%20carbonate%20and%20its%20polymorphs%20from%20cockle%20shells.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25339/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032591011003664

Calcium carbonate and its polymorphs from cockle shells (Anadara granosa) and commercial calcium carbonate were characterised using a variable pressure scanning electron microscopes (VPSEM), a transmission electron microscope (TEM), an energy dispersive X- ray analyser (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD)...