Issue 20, 2015
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CrystEngComm

A simple strategy for the synthesis of well-defined bassanite nanorods†

U. Tritschler,a   M. Kellermeier,*b   C. Debus,a   A. Kempterc  and  H. Cölfen*a  

* Corresponding authors

a University of Konstanz, Physical Chemistry, Universitätsstraße 10, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
E-mail: helmut.coelfen@uni-konstanz.de

b Material Physics, BASF SE, GMC/O – G201, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany
E-mail: matthias.kellermeier@basf.com

c Reactive Systems and Inorganic Nanomaterials Research, BASF SE, GMV/N – J550, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany

Abstract

Bassanite is a metastable but industrially important form of calcium sulfate, which is commonly produced by heating of gypsum. Here we show that pure bassanite can also be obtained at ambient conditions by quenching aqueous CaSO4 solutions in ethanol. This highlights that organic solvents can actually induce the formation of metastable phases rather than freezing precipitation processes.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CE00519A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Mar 2015
Accepted
15 Apr 2015
First published
15 Apr 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

CrystEngComm, 2015,17, 3772-3776

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A simple strategy for the synthesis of well-defined bassanite nanorods

U. Tritschler, M. Kellermeier, C. Debus, A. Kempter and H. Cölfen, CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 3772 DOI: 10.1039/C5CE00519A

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