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. 2010 Sep 1;107(38):16438–16443. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1009959107

Table 3.

Characterization of the spicule samples

Sample description H2O, n (moles) from TGA I(ν2)/I(ν4) FTIR
Type ID
ACC-spicules (biogenic ACC) Spicule-48-1 - 8.3
Spicule-48-2 - -
Spicule-48-3 - 3.3
Spicule-48-4 0.25 ± 0.01 7.3
Calcite-spicules (biogenic calcite) Spicule-48-5 0.35 ± 0.01 7.2
Spicule-48-6 - 5.6
Spicule-72-1 0.16 ± 0.02 2.3
Spicule-72-2 0.16 ± 0.02 4.0