Effect of temperature and illumination on pyrite oxidation between pH 2 and 6

Table 1 Summary of oxidation rates. All rates in μmol m^-2 min

pH	T/°C	Dark/light	R _H		R _Fe	Experiment
2.3	19.8	Dark	nd^a	0.175	nd^a	P20
2.3	26.4	Dark	nd^a	0.879	0.159	P20
2.3	35.3	Dark	nd^a	0.317	0.215	P20
2.3	41.3	Dark	nd^a	0.661	0.345	P20
2.3	42.6	Light	nd^a	0.190	0.157	P20
3	25	Dark	0.017	0.049	0.033	P11
3	26	Light	0.088	0.072	0.035	P11
3	23.2	Dark	0.122	0.075	0.116	P21
3	28.5	Dark	0.129	0.359	0.185	P21
3	33.5	Dark	0.237	0.528	0.313	P21
3	46.3	Dark	0.545	1.069	0.611	P21
3	22.8	Light	nd^a	0.311	0.205	P22
3	30.7	Light	0.155	0.463	0.337	P22
3	36.5	Light	0.366	0.890	0.577	P22
3	43.7	Light	0.617	1.682	0.886	P22
4	26.5	Dark	0.090	0.087	nd^a	P13
4	33.9	Dark	0.294	0.233	nd^a	P13
4	39	Dark	0.527	0.334	nd^a	P13
4	43.5	Dark	0.765	0.393	nd^a	P13
4	26.5	Light	0.110	0.165	nd^a	P13
4	29.5	Light	0.250	0.144	nd^a	P13
4	34	Light	0.361	0.175	nd^a	P13
4	42.2	Light	1.420	0.670	nd^a	P13
5	20	Dark	0.113	nd^a	nd^a	P12
5	30	Dark	0.198	nd^a	nd^a	P12
5	40.5	Dark	0.860	nd^a	nd^a	P12
5	21	Light	0.176	nd^a	nd^a	P12
5	32.5	Light	0.604	nd^a	nd^a	P12
5	41	Light	1.261	nd^a	nd^a	P12
5	26.5	Dark	0.730	0.879	nd^a	P23
5	36.5	Dark	2.224	1.599	nd^a	P23
5	47.2	Dark	3.916	2.141	nd^a	P23
5	27.1	Light	0.940	0.615	nd^a	P23
5	35.7	Light	1.639	2.239	nd^a	P23
5	44	Light	2.671	4.164	nd^a	P23
6	24.6	Dark	0.330	0.172	nd^a	P18
6	29.1	Dark	0.534	0.334	nd^a	P18
6	34.65	Dark	0.856	0.315	nd^a	P18
6	24.5	Light	0.345	0.272	nd^a	P18
6	31.15	Light	0.545	0.226	nd^a	P18
6	36.4	Light	0.816	0.347	nd^a	P18

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