Specifying Thermodynamic database PHAST4Windows

[bbardet]

Hello Everyone,

I am trouble understanding how to specify which thermodynamic database PHAST4Windows is using. Specifying the database in the PHREEQC input file seems to be ignored. Does the database need to be changed in the program files?

Thanks,

Ben

[dlparkhurst]

If you are using Phast4Windows, you can specify the database on the first line of the run screen (clicking running man icon). The icon ... allows you to browse for a database file.

If you are running the batch version from a command line, here is an excerpt from the manual starting with the command you would type in the command line:

phast prefix [database_name]

where the first argument is the prefix and the optional second argument is the thermodynamic database file name. The input files for transport and chemistry must be present in the working directory and must be named prefix.trans.dat and prefix.chem.dat. If the thermodynamic database file name is not specified as the second argument, the file phast.dat in the database subdirectory of the installation directory for PHAST will be used. If the thermodynamic database file name is specified, the file must be present in the working directory or be specified with a complete pathname.

[bbardet]

Thank you David,

Not sure how I missed that! It was right in front of me the whole time.

Thanks again,

Ben