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. 2013 Jun 24;3(3):317–324. doi: 10.3390/nano3030317

Table 1.

Products from ambient SSM using different precursor combinations. Here, HZ means Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 and ZC means ZnCO3. Gibbs free energy data are from [11].

Precursors Product Calc. ZC ΔG0 (kJ/mol) Calc. HZ ΔG0 (kJ/mol)
at 25 °C at 25 °C
ZnCl2 + NaHCO3 none −64 −278
ZnCl2 + Na2CO3 HZ −86 −391
Zn(NO3)2·6H2O + Na2CO3 HZ −71 −483
Zn(NO3)2·6H2O + NaHCO3 ZC −85 −203