Table 3 |
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Initial chemical composition of the synthetic brine used in the numerical simulation, determined from the salt recipe in Table 2. |
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Components |
Concentration (molal1) |
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pH |
~8 (~100°C)2 |
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Ca+2 |
4.2609E-01 |
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Cl- |
1.5954E+00 |
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F- |
3.0940E-02 |
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HCO3- |
7.8739E-04 |
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K+ |
7.3828E-02 |
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Mg+2 |
2.4910E-01 |
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Na+ |
2.9866E-01 |
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SO4-2 |
2.3678E-02 |
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SiO2(aq) |
1.3088E-02 |
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NO3- |
4.5102E-02 |
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1 From reported initial salt concentrations in mg/L (Table 2), assuming a solution density ~1.05 kg/L. The number of significant digits is provided only for accurate numerical charge balance and does not reflect the accuracy of the data. 2 Calculated by chemical speciation given input total (stoichiometric) H+ concentration |
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Zhang et al. Geochemical Transactions 2009 10:11 doi:10.1186/1467-4866-10-11 |
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