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Table 4 Lead speciation, as a function of pH and log along the 100 ppm Pb isopleth of the model composite ore-brine at 100°Cab

From: Transport of Pb and Zn by carboxylate complexes in basinal ore fluids and related petroleum-field brines at 100 °C: the influence of pH and oxygen fugacity

pH

log

Iron phasecsaturation

Cation

Chloride complexes

Sulfide complexes

Hydroxide complexes

Acetate complexes

Malonate complexes

Data set

8.00

-50.20

Hm

0.06

23.60

2.3 × 10-14

74.47

0.80

2.6 × 10-3

5

7.00

-49.95

Hm

0.17

72.64

6.9 × 10-13

22.38

2.59

8.3 × 10-3

4

5.00

-49.90

Hm

0.23

97.25

5.9 × 10-9

0.30

2.19

9.9 × 10-3

3

4.00

-49.90

Py

0.24

99.21

6.0 × 10-7

0.03

0.51

8.9 × 10-3

2

3.00

-49.90

Py

0.24

99.69

6.0 × 10-5

3.2 × 103

0.05

6.3 × 10-3

1

  1. aSpeciation for the indicated complexes is given as mol% of total Pb. bThe 100 ppm isopleth is illustrated in Fig. 2. cSaturated with respect to hematite (Hm), pyrite (Py), or magnetite (Mt).