Date of Award:
5-1971
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Plants, Soils, and Climate
Department name when degree awarded
Soils and Meteorology
Committee Chair(s)
Jerome J. Jurinak
Committee
Jerome J. Jurinak
Committee
R. L. Smith
Committee
H. B. Petersen
Abstract
The carbonate saturometer method developed by Weyl (1961) was studied in respect to the effect of several variables on the solubility of carbonates. The solubility of three solid carbonate materials was measured in four different salt solutions, at four ionic strengths, and at two different temperatures. The solids studied included: calcite, dolomite, and a calcareous soil.
It was found that the three solid carbonate materials varied in solubility from a low in the soil carbonates to a high in dolomite.
Increasing the ionic strength of the solution increased the solubility of most of the solid carbonate materials.
By decreasing the temperature, the solubility was increased.
When S04= was present in solution, the solubility of both calcium carbonate and dolomite increased. When Mg++ was present in solution the solubility of calcium carbonate was increased more than was the solubility of dolomite.
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Recommended Citation
Dabb, Lyle M., "Calcium Carbonate Dissolution and Precipitation in Water: Factors Affecting the Carbonate Saturometer Method" (1971). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2991.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2991
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