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Table 5 Average EDX analysis of the ripple scales in atomic %

From: Rippled scales in a geothermal facility in the Bavarian Molasse Basin: a key to understand the calcite scaling process

	\({\hbox {A}}_1\)	\({\hbox {A}}_2\)	\({\hbox {B}}_1\)	\({\hbox {B}}_2\)
C	21.2	21.5	21.2	21.7
O	63.7	64.5	63.7	65.2
Na	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
Mg	0.5	0.2	0.9	0.5
Al	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
Si	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1
S	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.5
Ca	14.4	11.8	13.7	12.1
Fe	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
Cu	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
Sum	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Ca/Mg	24	32	15	23
Measurements	6	5	8	7

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