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August 27, 2013

Computer Simulations Indicate Calcium Carbonate Has a Dense Liquid Phase
Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2013
Computer simulations conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) could help scientists make sense of a recently observed and puzzling wrinkle in one of nature's most important chemical processes. It turns out that calcium carbonate-the ubiquitous compound that is a major component of seashells, limestone, concrete, antacids and myriad other naturally and industrially produced substances-may momentarily exist in liquid form as it crystallizes fr ... read more

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