Defining log_K values

[Sol-Chan Han]

Hi Phreeqc users!

I would like to modify the phreeqc database.
I am currently working on using Phreeqc with external code.
For my purpose, I would like to use an equation for defining log_K value of SURFACE_SPECIES, as follows.

   Hfo_sOH   + H+ = Hfo_sOH2+
   -log_k   8.29 - 1

However, it seems like Phreeqc cannot understand 8.29 -1 = 7.29.
And Phreeqc just use 8.29 instead of 7.29.
Is there any way to use equation for defining log_K value?

Thank you in advance for your help.

[dlparkhurst]

Assuming you don't want to just set the log_K to 7.29, there are a couple of options.

(1) There is an undocumented option -add_constant. A constant is added to the log K, which is either the log K as defined with -log_k or -analytical_expression. An analytical expression defines log K as a function of temperature. The analytical expression is used in preference to -log_k if both -log_k and -analytical_expression are defined. Here is an example:

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SOLUTION_SPECIES
   Hfo_sOH   + H+ = Hfo_sOH2+
   -log_k   8.29
   -add_constant -1
END
SOLUTION 1
Na 1
Cl  1 charge
SURFACE 1
    Hfo_sOH    1         600       1
USER_PRINT
10 PRINT "Log10K(Hfo_sOH2+): ", LK_SPECIES("Hfo_sOH2+")
END

(2) There is another more complicated, but more flexible option to add a "named expression", -add_logk, in SURFACE_SPECIES. This option is documented in the manual. You can define a NAMED_EXPRESSION that is a function of temperature, and then add it (multiplied by a coefficient) to the log K that is defined by -log_k or -analytical_expression in SURFACE_SPECIES.

[Sol-Chan Han]

Hi sir Parkhurst

Thank you for the reply.
I have tried option (1).
It seems that the option (1) works for solution_species but does not work for surface_species.
Am I correct?

Unfortunately, the option (2) might not be fit for my purpose becasue I would not use analytical expression.
But thank you for your comment.

[dlparkhurst]

Sorry, my mistake. I should have had SURFACE_SPECIES, rather than SOLUTION_SPECIES, but add_constant is available for both types of input. Here is the corrected script with log K for Hfo_sOH2+ calculated in a couple different ways:

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SURFACE_SPECIES
   Hfo_sOH   + H+ = Hfo_sOH2+
   -log_k   8.29
   -add_constant -1
END
SOLUTION 1
Na 1
Cl  1 charge
END
USE solution 1
SURFACE 1
    Hfo_sOH    1         600       1
USER_PRINT
100 PRINT "Log10K(Hfo_sOH2+): ", LK_SPECIES("Hfo_sOH2+")
110 F_KJ_V_EQ = 96.4935
120 R_KJ_DEG_MOL = 0.00831470
130 REM equation 15 of PHREEQC version 2, 1999 manual
140 lk = LA("Hfo_sOH2+") - LA("H+") - LA("Hfo_sOH") \
         + LOG10(EXP[1*F_KJ_V_EQ*EDL("psi","Hfo")/(R_KJ_DEG_MOL*TK)]) 
150 PRINT "Alternatively:     ", lk
END

Note that the equation for NAMED_EXPRESSION includes a constant, so -add_logk would work as an alternative to -add_constant.

[Sol-Chan Han]

Thank you, parkhurst!