Kinec_v3: A computer database for the calculation of the dissolution rates of the major rock forming minerals

Abstract

The Kinec_v3 database allows the calculation of the dissolution rates of 133 major rock forming minerals in aqueous solutions at temperatures from 0 to 300 °C, pH from 0 to 14 and mineral saturation states from far-from-equilibrium to equilibrium. Calculated rates are generated using equations and parameters reported by Hermanska et al. (2022,2023) and Oelkers and Addassi (2025). The database has been created to be used in conjunction with the PHREEQC, but can be adapted for use in other computer algorithms that take into account fluid-mineral equilibria, mineral reactions and chemical transport. The Kinec_v3 database also allows for calculation of mineral precipitation rates consistent with dissolution rates using transition state theory based rate equations, yet such calculations are largely unverified at present, due to the dearth of available experimental measurements. The Kinec_v3 database is available to download from https://github.com/Mou1a/Kinect_V3.