Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0879032
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
A virtual exploration of iron-sulphur-world in search of the precursors to life on earth. The greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, that currently presents a threat to the continued existence of humanity, ironically represents the starting point from which life on Earth probably originated. This research will probe the chemistry of how this gas, dissolved in ancient oceans, came to be converted to molecules that form the basis of living organisms through interaction with minerals, such as iron sulphide. Aside from answering a fundamental question, it will offer insights into processes that convert a pollutant into a useful chemical, as well as what might happen if carbon dioxide is placed in mineral deposits for long-term storage.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 12-2008
End Date: 12-2011
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $267,911.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Mineralogy And Crystallography | Condensed Matter Physics—Structural Properties | Theoretical and Computational Chemistry | Quantum Chemistry
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Energy transformation | Earth sciences | Chemical sciences |
