“…Interestingly, however, the final PCC product was found to be rhombohedral calcite, rather than vaterite or aragonite, which often have been found at similar pH ranges in the previous model chemical studies. They also synthesized calcium carbonates via the slag2PCC process by varying the CO2 flow rate in a pH range of ~9 to ~7 at 45°C, and it was found that both calcite and aragonite formed but the composition ratio depended more strongly on the CO2 flow rate than the pH condition (Said et al, 2016). In conclusion, pH condition affects the formation of polymorphs of calcium carbonate by shifting the equilibrium concentration of coronate species (e.g., HCO 3 − , CO 3 2− ) or changing the Ca−CO 3 binding strength, but other operating factors such as temperature, CO2 flow rate, presence of acid and bases, and carbonation time also appear to more significantly influence the determination of the polymorphs (Saruhashi, 1955;Gómez-Morales et al, 1996a,b).…”