Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Preface to Second Edition
- Preface to First Edition
- A Note About Software
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Modeling Overview
- PART I EQUILIBRIUM IN NATURAL WATERS
- 3 The Equilibrium State
- 4 Solving for the Equilibrium State
- 5 Changing the Basis
- 6 Equilibrium Models of NaturalWaters
- 7 Redox Disequilibrium
- 8 Activity Coefficients
- 9 Sorption and Ion Exchange
- 10 Surface Complexation
- 11 Three-Layer Complexation
- 12 Automatic Reaction Balancing
- 13 Uniqueness
- PART II REACTION PROCESSES
- PART III APPLIED REACTION MODELING
- Appendix A Sources of Modeling Software
- Appendix B Evaluating the HMW Activity Model
- Appendix C Minerals in the LLNL Database
- Appendix D Nonlinear Rate Laws
- References
- Index
8 - Activity Coefficients
from PART I - EQUILIBRIUM IN NATURAL WATERS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 December 2021
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Preface to Second Edition
- Preface to First Edition
- A Note About Software
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Modeling Overview
- PART I EQUILIBRIUM IN NATURAL WATERS
- 3 The Equilibrium State
- 4 Solving for the Equilibrium State
- 5 Changing the Basis
- 6 Equilibrium Models of NaturalWaters
- 7 Redox Disequilibrium
- 8 Activity Coefficients
- 9 Sorption and Ion Exchange
- 10 Surface Complexation
- 11 Three-Layer Complexation
- 12 Automatic Reaction Balancing
- 13 Uniqueness
- PART II REACTION PROCESSES
- PART III APPLIED REACTION MODELING
- Appendix A Sources of Modeling Software
- Appendix B Evaluating the HMW Activity Model
- Appendix C Minerals in the LLNL Database
- Appendix D Nonlinear Rate Laws
- References
- Index
Summary
An activity coefficient relates the concentration of an aqueous species to its chemical potential. This chapter describes in detail the estimation of aqueous activity coefficients using Debye–Hückel methods, the Pitzer virial equations, and Specific ion Interaction Theory (the SIT method). A series of example calculations demonstrates application of the methods and the key differences among them.
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- Geochemical and Biogeochemical Reaction Modeling , pp. 97 - 116Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022