%0 Journal article
%A Rincke, Christine
%A Schmidt, Horst
%A Voigt, Wolfgang
%T A new hydrate of magnesium carbonate, MgCO3·6H2O
%R 10.1107/S2053229620001540
%R 10.23689/fidgeo-4643
%J Acta Crystallographica Section C
%V 76
%N 3

%X During investigations of the formation of hydrated magnesium carbonates, a sample of the previously unknown magnesium carbonate hexahydrate (MgCO3·6H2O) was synthesized in an aqueous solution at 273.15 K. The crystal structure consists of edge-linked isolated pairs of Mg(CO3)(H2O)4 octahedra and noncoordinating water molecules, and exhibits similarities to NiCO3·5.5H2O (hellyerite). The recorded X-ray diffraction pattern and the Raman spectra confirmed the formation of a new phase and its transformation to magnesium carbonate trihydrate (MgCO3·3H2O) at room temperature.
%U http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/8989
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