Computer Science
Scientific paper
Dec 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984gecoa..48.2405h&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 48, Issue 12, pp.2405-2432
Computer Science
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Scientific paper
Analysis of experimental data reported by (1965, 1976), (1965), (1975), and (1976), and (1979), and (1984), and and (1984) with the aid of irreversible thermodynamics and transition state theory ( and , 1977, 1982) suggests that at temperatures at least up to 650°C, the rate of both congruent and incongruent feldspar hydrolysis in aqueous solutions far from equilibrium at pH 10.6 - (2300/T), where T stands for temperature in kelvins, is a function solely of effective surface area and pH at constant pressure and temperature. At higher pH, the rate is apparently pH-independent up to ~pH 8 at 25°C, where it again becomes pH-dependent at higher pH. Observations of scanning electron micrographs indicate that the cross-sectional area of etch pits on hydrolyzed feldspar grains is of the order of 10 -9 to 10 -8 cm 2 and that the ratio of the effective to total surface area (which may or may not change with reaction progress) ranges from <0.01 to 1, depending on the grain size, dislocation density, and the extent of comminution damage on the surfaces of the grains. Apparent rate constants retrieved from experimental data reported in the literature for feldspar hydrolysis in the lower pH-dependent range extend from ~10 -13 to ~10 -7 moles cm -2 sec -1 at temperatures from 25° to 200°C, which is consistent with activation enthalpies for albite and adularia of the order of 20 kcal mole -1 . In contrast, the apparent rate constants for the pH-independent rate law range from ~10 -16 to ~10 -11 moles cm -2 sec -1 at temperatures from 25° to 650°C, which requires an activation enthalpy for adularia of ~ 9 kcal mole -1 . These observations are consistent with surface control of reaction rates among minerals and aqueous solutions. The rate-limiting step in the pH-dependent case apparently corresponds at the lower end of the pH scale to breakdown of a protonated configuration of atoms on the surface of the reactant feldspar, but at higher pH the rate is limited by decomposition of an activated surface complex corresponding in stoichiometry to hydrous feldspar. In highly alkaline solutions, an activated complex containing hydroxyl ions apparently controls the rate of feldspar hydrolysis. Nevertheless, near equilibrium, regardless of pH the rate is proportional to the chemical affinity of the overall hydrolysis reaction.
Aagaard Per
Helgeson Harold C.
Murphy William M.
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