Neutrons -- Capturing Carbon in Mid Air (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Neutrons -- Capturing Carbon in Mid Air

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Using neutrons from the TOPAZ beamline, which is optimal for locating hydrogen atoms in materials, ORNL researchers observed a single-crystal neutron diffraction structure of the insoluble carbonate salt formed by absorption of carbon dioxide from the air.

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Radu Custelcean and Xiaoping Wang/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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