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An experimental study on dynamic coupling process of alkaline feldspar dissolution and secondary mineral precipitation

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In order to clarify the dynamic process of feldspar dissolution–precipitation and explore the formation mechanism of secondary porosity, six batch reactor experiments were conducted at 200 °C and pH = 7 measured at room temperature. Temporal evolution of fluid chemistry was analyzed with an inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES). Solid reaction products were retrieved from six batch experiments terminated after 36, 180, 276, 415, 766 and 1008 h. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed dissolution features and significant secondary mineral adhered on the feldspar surface. The process of feldspar dissolution–precipitation proceeded slowly and full equilibrium was not achieved after 1008 h. Saturation indices suggested that the albite and K-feldspar dissolution occurred throughout the experiments. The average dissolution rates for albite and K-feldspar were 2.28 × 10−10 and 8.51 × 10−11 mol m−2 s−1, respectively. Based on the experimental data, the reaction process of alkaline feldspar was simulated and the secondary porosity had increased 0.3% after the experiment.

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This work was supported by the National Science and Technology Major Project “Bohai Bay Basin deep oil and gas geology and reserves increasing direction” (No. 2016ZX05006-007) and the National Natural Fund (Youth) “Relationship between rich feldspar sandstone reservoirs in feldspar alteration and pyrolysis of hydrocarbons” (41602138).We appreciated the SEM–EDS analysis by Guanghui Yuan from School of Geoscience at China University of Petroleum. We thanked the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences for chemical analysis of fluid samples. At the same time, we also thanked College of Chemical Engineering at China University of Petroleum for the assistance with analysis of XRD, BET, and XRF. We appreciate Juntao Xing in revising the manuscript and data processing. Comments by reviewers were much appreciated and helped improve this manuscript.

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    Meirong Li & Xiuting Sun

  2. College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, 266580, China

    Chenchu Li & Juntao Xing

  3. College of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, 266580, China

    Guanghui Yuan & Yingchang Cao

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Li, M., Li, C., Xing, J. et al. An experimental study on dynamic coupling process of alkaline feldspar dissolution and secondary mineral precipitation. Acta Geochim 38, 872–882 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11631-019-00326-0

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