The dissolution of opaline silica of diatom tests in sea water |
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| Authors: | Akiyoshi Kamatani John P Riley Geoffrey Skirrow |
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| Institution: | (1) Tokyo University of Fisheries, 5-7 Kônan 4 Chôme, Minato-ku, 108 Tokyo, Japan;(2) Department of Oceanography, University of Liverpool, P.O. Box 147, L69 3BX Liverpool, England;(3) Department of Inorganic, Physical and Industrial Chemistry, University of Liverpool, P.O. Box 147, L69 3BX Liverpool, England |
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| Abstract: | Two different series of measurements have been made of the solubilities and rates of solution in sea water of acid-washed siliceous tests of the diatomsThalassiosira decipiens andRhizosolenia hebetata. The kinetic approach was carried out on the assumption that the tests behave as identical solid spheres. If the tests were present in considerable excess over that required for saturation of the water with respect to silica, the dissolution obeyed first order reaction kinetics and its rate was proportional to the surface area of the exposed tests. When the tests were not in excess the kinetics of dissolution appeared to be more complex. This was considered to be due to a decrease in specific surface area as dissolution proceeded. An expression developed to allow for the change of surface area as a sphere dissolves offers a partial explanation of the kinetics when the tests are not present in excess. |
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