Kinetics of thermochemical gas-solid reactions important in the Venus sulfur cycle

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Jul 1988

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Final Report, 1 Nov. 1985 - 31 Oct. 1988 Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge. Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sci

Physics

Calcite, Chemical Reactions, Planetary Crusts, Rates (Per Time), Reaction Kinetics, Replenishment, Sulfates, Sulfur Dioxides, Thermochemistry, Venus (Planet), Venus Surface, Volcanology, Calcium Compounds, Planetary Atmospheres

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The thermochemical net reaction CaCO3 + SO2 yields CaSO4 + CO is predicted to be an important sink for incorporation of SO2 into the Venus crust. The reaction rate law was established to understand the dependence of rate on experimental variables such as temperature and partial pressure of SO2, CO2, and O2. The experimental approach was a variant of the thermogravimetric method often employed to study the kinetics of thermochemical gas-solid reactions. Clear calcite crystals were heated at constant temperature in SO2-bearing gas streams for varying time periods. Reaction rate was determined by three independent methods. A weighted linear least squares fit to all rate data yielded a rate equation. Based on the Venera 13, 14 and Vega 2 observations of CaO content of the Venus atmosphere, SO2 at the calculated rate would be removed from the Venus atmosphere in about 1,900,00 years. The most plausible endogenic source of the sulfur needed to replenish atmospheric SO2 is volcanism. The annual amount of erupted material needed for the replenishment depends on sulfur content; three ratios are used to calculate rates ranging from 0.4 to 11 cu km/year. This geochemically derived volcanism rate can be used to test if geophysically derived rates are correct. The work also suggests that Venus is less volcanically active than the Earth.

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