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Table 6 Element-wise release rates

From: Thermally driven fracture aperture variation in naturally fractured granites

Experiment

Test conditions

Element-wise release rates

\({P}_{\text{co}\_\text{r}}\) (MPa)

\(T_\text{i}\) (\(^\circ\)C)

\(T_\text{f}\) (\(^\circ\)C)

\(\Delta\) t

(h)

\(\frac{{\text{Si}}}{{\text{Al}}}\)

\(\frac{{\text{Si}}}{{\text{Ca}}}\)

\(\frac{{\text{Si}}}{{\text{Fe}}}\)

\(\frac{{\text{Si}}}{{\text{K}}}\)

\(\frac{{\text{Si}}}{{\text{Na}}}\)

\(\frac{{\text{Si}}}{{\text{Mg}}}\)

\(\dot{M}_{\text{Si}}\) (10\(^{-11}\) mol \(\text {s}^{-1}\))

\(\#\)N14-S1

20

25

110

70

> 100

5

> 100

2

0

27

3.876

110

25

44

> 100

5

> 100

–a

5

> 100

1.596

\(\#\)N14-S2

30

25

110

85

–b

9

> 100

–a

–b

–b

0.955

110

25

52

–b

3

–b

–a

–b

–b

0.822

\(\#\)N14-S3

40

25

140

83

> 100

72

>100

–a

–b

–b

9.304

\(\#\)N19-C1

20

25

110

51

> 100

3

>100

1

0

9

4.305

110

25

41

> 100

5

35

2

1

16

2.602

\(\#\)N19-C2

30

25

110

67

>100

4

> 100

2

1

15

1.318

110

25

34

87

13

70

3

2

45

3.959

  1. The ratios of the mean release rate of Si to the mean release rates of the other major elements, where \(\dot{M}_text{Si}\) [\(\text {mol}\,\text {s}^{-1}\)] is the mean release rate of silicon
  2. aBelow detection limit      
  3. bUndetectable increment