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maria
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how can I add both CO3 and HCO3 in phreeqc?
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December 10, 2020, 06:36:20 PM »
Dear all,
I am quite beginner in phreeqc. My question could be a bit simple but I am quite confused.
I want to calculate the saturation indices of minerals. I have a dataset from a geothermal injection well and except major cations and anions, I have CO32- 5 mg/l and HCO3- 2338 mg/lt concentrations.
When I add the option of CO32- in the phreeqc interactive input file, I takes it as C(4). However, there isn’t any for HCO3. I tried to add it as alkalinity (although it isn’t) and specify it as HCO3. When I use both of these, the file is not running. When I remove alkalinity, the file runs well. I know that C(4) represents the total dissolved inorganic carbon. When I check the results, it takes the total C(4) (as CO32-) and divides into different carbon species, including HCO3. But HCO3 is actually way higher than CO3 so it doesn’t seem right to me.
I have pH data so I don’t want the calculation to adjust.
Is there a way to use both of them? I actually need to add them both because of the carbonate minerals and have carbonate equilibrium.
Thank you very much in advance. Your help would be tremendous.
Kind regards,
Maria
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dlparkhurst
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Re: how can I add both CO3 and HCO3 in phreeqc?
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December 10, 2020, 07:20:48 PM »
Really, the contribution of CO3-2 is negligible, but see
https://phreeqcusers.org/index.php/topic,1644.msg5424.html#msg5424
for a discussion.
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maria
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Re: how can I add both CO3 and HCO3 in phreeqc?
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December 10, 2020, 08:43:41 PM »
Dear David,
Thank you very much for this. It is very clear to me, now.
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