2020•NanoscaleOpen access

Effect of molten sodium nitrate on the decomposition pathways of hydrated magnesium hydroxycarbonate to magnesium oxide probed by in situ total scattering

Margarita Rekhtina, Alessandro Dal Pozzo, Dragos Constantin Stoian, Andaç Armutlulu, Felix Donat, María Valeria Blanco, Zhu‐Jun Wang, Marc‐Georg Willinger, Alexey Fedorov, Paula M. Abdala, Christoph Rüdiger Müller

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We use pair distribution function analysis of in situ total scattering data and complementary techniques to reveal how molten NaNO 3 modifies the decomposition pathways of a hydrated magnesium carbonate to the formation of MgO.

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Key concepts: Magnesium, Magnesium nitrate, Decomposition, Sodium nitrate, Oxide, Sodium, In situ, Inorganic chemistry