The permanent storage of CO2 in mesoporous minerals: experiments with beryl

Giancarlo Della Ventura (*), Francesco Radica (*), Fabio Bellatreccia (*) & Lidia Bellomo (*)
(*) Dipartimento di Scienze, Università di Roma Tre, Largo S. Leonardo Murialdo 1, 00146 Rome, Italy. E-mail: giancarlo.dellaventura@uniroma3.it

In this short note we describe the recent experimental mineralogy work at University of Roma Tre focused on the diffusion of carbon dioxide within the structural channels of microporous silicates. The results obtained in the last few years for cordierite and beryl are briefly reported, as well as the developments of novel spectroscopic methods to characterize the volatile distribution across the studied materials.

CO2 diffusion, HT/HP experiments, cordierite, beryl, FTIR-FPA spectroscopy and imaging, optical properties