Calcite solubility and speciation in supercritical NaCl-HCl aqueous fluids |
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| Authors: | Jeremy B Fein John V Walther |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University, 60208 Evanston, IL, USA;(2) Present address: U.S. Geological Survey, National Center 959, 22092 Reston, VA, USA |
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| Abstract: | The solubility of calcite in NaCl-H2O and in HCl-H2O fluids was measured using an extraction-quench hydrothermal apparatus. Experiments were conducted at 2 kbar, between 400° C and 600° C. Measurements in NaCl-H2O were conducted in two ways: 1) at constant pressure and NaCl concentration, as a function of temperature; and 2) at constant pressure and temperature, as a function of NaCl concentration. In both the NaCl-H2O and the HCl-H2O systems, the solubility of calcite increases with increasing chlorine concentrations. For example, the log calcium molality in equilibrium with calcite increases from –3.75 at 2 kbar and 500° C, in pure H2O to –3.10 at 2 kbar and 500° C at log NaCl molality=–1.67. At fixed pressure and NaCl molality, the solubility of calcite is almost constant from 400° C to 550° C, but increases somewhat at higher temperatures. The results can be used to determine the dominant calcium species in the experimental solutions as a function of NaCl concentration and to obtain values for the second dissociation constant of CaCl2(aq). At 2 kbar, 400° C, 500° C, and 600° C, we calculate values for the log of the dissociation constant of CaCl+ of –2.1, –3.2, and –4.3, respectively. The 400° C and 500° C values are consistent with those obtained by Frantz and Marshall (1982) using electrical conductance techniques. However, our 600° C value is 0.8 log units higher than that reported by Frantz and Marshall. The calcite solubilities in the NaCl-H2O and HCl-H2O systems are inconsistent with the solubilities of calcite in pure H2O reported by Walther and Long (1986). They are, however, consistent with the measurements of calcite solubilities in pure H2O presented in this study. These results allow for the calculation of the solubilities of calcium silicates and carbonates in fluids that contain CO2 and NaCl. |
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