{"id":296,"date":"2026-09-01T14:33:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T04:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/?p=296"},"modified":"2026-09-14T13:54:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T03:54:48","slug":"dr-haftom-weldekidan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/dr-haftom-weldekidan\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Haftom Weldekidan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oral presentation: <a href=\"https:\/\/ieaghg-programme.eventsairsite.com\/?agendaId=de1f43b9-6b75-63ac-9428-3a1ae299e1e2\">Towards Scalable CO\u2082 Sequestration: Reactivity and Performance of Brucite Carbonation under Additive-Free Atmospheric Conditions<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"nba-block nba-csiro__staff-card wp-block-nba-csiro-staff-card\" data-block-id=\"7448bbe9-cbc1d2b2-cc2837d0\" data-block-type=\"nba-csiro__staff-card\"><div class=\"nba-layout\"><div class=\"card contact__card section--gray-lighter contact__card__img-circle\"><div class=\"card__container\"><div class=\"card__block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/haftom-a-weldekidan-309893144\/\" class=\"reversed\"><div class=\"card__image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image card__image--cover is-nba-thumb\" style=\"background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center; background-size: cover;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/09\/Haftom-150x150.png\"><\/div><h2 class=\"card__title h3 more-link\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/haftom-a-weldekidan-309893144\/\"><span class=\"contact__card__name\">Haftom Weldekidan<\/span><\/h2><\/a><div class=\"card__text\"><div class=\"card__text\"><ul class=\"card__text contact__card__detail-block contact__card__bio-group\"><li class=\"contact__card__detail-item contact__card__bio\"><span class=\"contact__card__detail-value\">Learn more about me\u2026<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Abstract opening:<\/em><br>Fast and permanent sequestration of carbon dioxide is one of the critical challenges in mitigating anthropogenic emissions. Mineral carbonation, which is the reaction between CO<sub>2<\/sub> and different alkaline based minerals such as Mg(OH)2 or Ca(OH)2 could offer an option for a fast, large scale and long-term CO\u2082 sequestration. In this study, ex-situ mineral carbonation of aqueous Mg(OH)\u2082 was investigated through conversion to different types of magnesium carbonate phases as a function of reaction time and temperatures\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday October 29,\u00a011:30am &#8211; 1:10pm; Session 11G &#8211; CO2 to Minerals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nba-redirect":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[26,34],"class_list":["post-296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-presenters","tag-co2-utilisation-for-ghg-mitigation","tag-oral-presentation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CSIRO @ GHGT-18<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/dr-haftom-weldekidan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dr Haftom Weldekidan - CSIRO @ GHGT-18\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thursday October 29,\u00a011:30am - 1:10pm; 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