in space group C2/c with lattice parameters a~8.87A, b~8.23A, c~11.02A, ?~110.2°. The structure of ikaite consists of an ion pair of (Ca²⁺CO₃^2-)⁰ surrounded by a cage of hydrogen-bonded water molecules which serve to isolate one ion pair from another. thumb

Stability

Synthetic ikaite was discovered in the nineteenth century in a study by Pelouze. Ikaite is only thermodynamically

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