Crystallization of metastable monoclinic carnallite, KCl·MgCl·6HO: missing structural link in the carnallite family.

During evaporation of natural and synthetic K-Mg-Cl brines, the formation of almost square plate-like crystals of potassium carnallite (potassium chloride magnesium dichloride hexahydrate) was observed. A single-crystal structure analysis revealed a monoclinic cell [a = 9.251 (2), b = 9.

Ni3Cl2.1(OH)3.9·4H2O, the Ni analogue to Mg3Cl2(OH)4·4H2O.

For the first time a basic transition-metal hydrate, Ni3Cl2.1(OH)3.9·4H2O, is found to be isostructural to a main-group metal phase, Mg3Cl2.

Water channel structure of bassanite at high air humidity: crystal structure of CaSO4·0.625H2O.

Structure analysis using single-crystal diffraction was carried out as a contribution to the dispute about the nature of the water channel structure of bassanite (CaSO(4)·0.5H(2)O). A recent result of Weiss & Bräu (2009) for the crystal structure of bassanite (monoclinic, space group C2) at ambient conditions of air humidity was confirmed.

CaSeO4·0.625H2O--water channel occupation in a bassanite related structure.

Calcium selenate subhydrate, CaSeO(4)·0.625H(2)O, was prepared by hydrothermal conversion of CaSeO(4)·2H(2)O at 463 K. From the single crystals obtained in the shape of hexagonal needles, 50-300 µm in length, the crystal structure could be solved in a trigonal unit cell with space group P3(2)21.

The importance of growth factors for the treatment of chronic wounds in the case of diabetic foot ulcers.

Introduction: Ulcers as a result of diabetes mellitus are a serious problem with an enormous impact on the overall global disease burden due to the increasing prevalence of diabetes. Because of long hospital stays, rehabilitation, often required home care and the use of social services diabetic foot complications are costly. Therapy with growth factors could be an effective and innovative add-on to standard wound care.

9Mg(OH)(2)·MgCl(2)·4H(2)O, a high temperature phase of the magnesia binder system.

The metastable phase 9Mg(OH)(2)·MgCl(2)·4H(2)O (9-1-4 phase) was found at the extended metastable isotherm of Mg(OH)(2) in the system MgO-MgCl(2)-H(2)O at 120 °C and occurs as intermediate binder phase during setting of magnesia cement due to temperature development of the setting reaction. The crystal structure of the 9-1-4 phase was solved from high resolution laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data in space group I2/m (C2/m) (a = 22.2832(3) Å, b = 3.