Pedro M. Rendel, Bruce W. Mountain, Lucjan Sajkowski
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Abstract
The solubility of anhydrite in deionized water has been determined experimentally from 380 ˚C to 625 ˚C and 220 bar to 270 bar. The experiments were performed using a unique flow-through reactor capable of reaching supercritical conditions for pure water. The results cover the approximate range of temperature and pressure expected to be found in deep geothermal systems where supercritical conditions could be expected. Anhydrite solubility has not been previously well-defined in this region.
The new experimental data are used to define empirical parameters for a new thermodynamic model based on Dolejš and Manning (2010), for anhydrite dissolution in silica-bearing aqueous fluids at elevated temperatures and pressures:
where m is the molar concentration mol∙kg−1, R is the gas constant in J mol−1 K−1, and ρw is the density of pure water in kg m−3. These parameters only apply in solutions containing silica and at fluid densities above 200 kg m−3:
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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta publishes research papers in a wide range of subjects in terrestrial geochemistry, meteoritics, and planetary geochemistry. The scope of the journal includes:
1). Physical chemistry of gases, aqueous solutions, glasses, and crystalline solids
2). Igneous and metamorphic petrology
3). Chemical processes in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere of the Earth
4). Organic geochemistry
5). Isotope geochemistry
6). Meteoritics and meteorite impacts
7). Lunar science; and
8). Planetary geochemistry.