Effect of salinity, pressure and temperature on the solubility of smithsonite (ZnCO₃) and Zn complexation in crustal and upper mantle hydrothermal fluids

• Main Authors: Farsang, Stefan, Louvel, Marion, Rosa, Angelika D., Amboage, Monica, Anzellini, Simone, Widmer, Remo N., Redfern, Simon Anthony Turner
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Zinc Speciation; Smithsonite
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159451
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Modelling the reservoirs and fluxes of Zn in Earth's crust and mantle requires data on the solubility of its mineral hosts and ores in coexisting fluids, as well as on the complexation of Zn in these fluids as a function of fluid composition, pressure, and temperature. However, due to experimen...