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Feb 1977
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977gecoa..41..175n&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 41, Issue 2, pp.175-188
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Calculation of chemical equilibria in 351 hot springs and surface waters from selected geothermal areas in the western United States indicate that the solubility of the mineral fluorite, CaF 2 , provides an equilibrium control on dissolved fluoride activity. Waters that are undersaturated have undergone dilution by non-thermal waters as shown by decreased conductivity and temperature values, and only 2% of the samples are supersaturated by more than the expected error. Calculations also demonstrate that simultaneous chemical equilibria between the thermal waters and calcite as well as fluorite minerals exist under a variety of conditions. Testing for fluorite solubility required a critical review of the thermodynamic data for fluorite. By applying multiple regression of a mathematical model to selected published data we have obtained revised estimates of the p K (10,96), G o f (-280.08 kcal/mole), H o f (-292.59 kcal/mole), S° (16.39 cal/deg/mole) and C o P (16.16 cal/deg/mole) for CaF 2 at 25°C and 1 atm. Association constants and reaction enthalpies for fluoride complexes with boron, calcium and iron are included in this review. The excellent agreement between the computer-based activity products and the revised p K suggests that the chemistry of geothermal waters may also be a guide to evaluating mineral solubility data where major discrepancies are evident.
Jenne Everett A.
Nordstrom Darrell Kirk
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