Combining μXANES and μXRD mapping to analyse the heterogeneity in calcium carbonate granules excreted by the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris

Loredana Brinza; Paul Schofield; Mark Edward Hodson; Sophie Weller; Konstantin Ignatyev; Kalotina Geraki; Paul Quinn; J Frederick W Mosselmans

doi:10.1107/S160057751303083X

Combining μXANES and μXRD mapping to analyse the heterogeneity in calcium carbonate granules excreted by the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris

Loredana Brinza, Paul Schofield, Mark Edward Hodson, Sophie Weller, Konstantin Ignatyev, Kalotina Geraki, Paul Quinn, J Frederick W Mosselmans

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Abstract

The use of fluorescence full spectral micro-X-ray absorption near-edge structure
(μXANES) mapping is becoming more widespread in the hard energy regime.
This experimental method using the Ca K-edge combined with micro-X-ray
diffraction (μXRD) mapping of the same sample has been enabled on beamline
I18 at Diamond Light Source. This combined approach has been used to probe
both long- and short-range order in calcium carbonate granules produced by the
earthworm Lumbricus terrestris. In granules produced by earthworms cultured
in a control artificial soil, calcite and vaterite are observed in the granules.
However, granules produced by earthworms cultivated in the same artificial soil
amended with 500 p.p.m. Mg also contain an aragonite. The two techniques,
μXRD and μXANES, probe different sample volumes but there is good
agreement in the phase maps produced.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	235-241
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
Volume	21
Issue number	1
Early online date	20 Dec 2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1107/S160057751303083X
Publication status	Published - Jan 2014

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full spectral XANES imaging
microfocus diffraction mapping
earthworm granules

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