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Table 1 Major and minor elemental composition and loss-on-ignition of selected scale-fragments based on X-ray fluorescence (XRF) of fused glass pellets (b.d.l. = below detection limit)

From: Scale-fragment formation impairing geothermal energy production: interacting H2S corrosion and CaCO3 crystal growth

Sample_ID

KIR1

KIR-GOK

KIR-WT

DUR1

DUR81

DUR-WT

Component

[wt%]

 L.O.I.

45.88

43.43

43.97

43.26

43.12

43.74

 MgO

2.23

2.63

2.51

2.25

2.82

2.59

 Al2O3

0.47

b.d.l.

b.d.l.

0.20

0.15

b.d.l.

 SiO2

0.56

0.08

0.04

0.13

0.11

0.06

 P2O5

0.01

b.d.l.

0.03

0.01

0.01

b.d.l.

 SO3

1.84

0.65

0.35

2.40

1.07

1.03

 CaO

46.21

52.03

52.5

49.27

51.16

51.41

 MnO

b.d.l.

b.d.l.

b.d.l.

0.03

b.d.l.

b.d.l.

 Fe2O3

2.27

1.08

0.48

2.02

1.44

0.92

 Ni

0.02

b.d.l.

b.d.l.

b.d.l.

b.d.l.

b.d.l.

 Cu

0.18

b.d.l.

0.02

0.30

0.02

0.12

 Zn

0.25

b.d.l.

b.d.l.

0.04

b.d.l.

0.02

 Sr

0.07

0.09

0.09

0.08

0.09

0.09