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Table 4 Equilibrium constants for thioarsenite speciesa

From: Speciation of arsenic in sulfidic waters

Reaction

log K 25°, I = 0

As(OH)30 + HS- + H+ As(OH)2(SH)0 + H2O

8.69 ± 0.29 (n = 10)

As(OH)30 + HS- As(OH)2S- + H2O

3.54 ± 0.36 (n = 8)

As(OH)2S- + HS- As(OH)S22- + H2O

5.06 ± 0.49 (n = 17)

As(OH)S22- + HS- + H+ AsS3H2- + H2O

11.78 ± 0.89 (n = 11)

As(OH)S22- + HS- AsS33- + H2O

3.89 ± 0.41 (n = 6)

AsS3H2- + HS- + 2H+ As(SH)4-

16.16 ± 0.29 (n = 6)

  1. aResults are mean values ± standard error (2σ) determined from the fractional abundance of arsenite and thioarsenites in model solutions. Activity coefficients for charged species were estimated using the Davies equation.