“…Although the formation of CaCO3 can be achieved by a simple precipitation reaction between Ca 2+ and CO 3 2− ions, the controllable formation of a specific polymorph of CaCO3 is still a practical challenge. Various synthesis factors and their effects on the formation of CaCO3 polymorphs have been investigated thus far using simple model chemicals (e.g., CaCl2 and K2CO3), or via the extraction of Ca 2+ from natural silicates (e.g., wollastonite) (Zhao et al, 2013), and industrial wastes (e.g., steel slag, fly ash, waste cement, and blast furnace slag) (Wu et al, 2001;Huijgen and Comans, 2005;Eloneva et al, 2008a;Chang et al, 2011;Nduagu et al, 2012;Mun and Cho, 2013).…”