The kinetics of dissolution of muscovites at 25°C and 1 atm CO2 partial pressure |
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| Authors: | Charles V Clemency |
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| Institution: | Department of Geological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, 4240 Ridge Lea Road, Amherst, NY14226, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | Two different dry-ground muscovites were placed separately in deionized water saturated with 1 atm partial pressure of carbon dioxide at room temperature and pressure for about 1000 hr. The carbonic acid formed buffered the bulk solution between 4.6 and 5.1 during the whole time of the experiment. K and Na were rapidly released by a reaction with hydrogen ions in the solution, which is usually attributed to a surface exchange reaction. The cation exchange capacity is close to the amount of K and Na released to the solution. However, measurement of surface areas of the micas both before and after the rapid release of K and Na, indicate that only one third of the cation exchange capacity can be attributed to release from the outer surfaces, whereas two thirds must be attributed to removal from within deeper parts of the structure.Approximately 2.5% of total K and Na from the interlayer regions, 1.5% of Mg from the octahedral sheets, and 0.5% of Si from the tetrahedral sheets were released by the end of the experiment, indicating that dissolution was incongruent in both cases. Si showed the slowest total release rate of all the ions. In the later stages (after 400 hr), the release rate of Si becomes a linear function of time. The linear release rate of Si was found to be 2.4 × 10?17 mol/cm2/sec for the ruby mica, and 2.7 × 10?17 mol/cm2/sec for the green mica. The rate-controlling mechanism in the dissolution of muscovite in the later stages is probably related to the rate of destruction of the tetrahedral sheets (Si-O bonds) which in turn is reflected by the rate of release of Si into the solution. |
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