Interactions between cadmium and calcite

Abstract

The thesis is composed of five chapters, some of which have been published or have been accepted for publication. The contents in some of the chapters may therefore slightly overlap, also because the subjects are closely related. The first two chapters focus mostly on the sorption of Cd on calcite, whereas the next two chapters are devoted to calcite growth and Cd incorporation during growth. In the fifth and final chapter, Cd sorption and incorporation is studied in an environment where calcite is formed, and where most of the factors dealt with in the previous chapters influencing calcite growth, Cd sorption and incorporation, are at play.