TY - JOUR

T1 - Sulfur and chlorine solubility in Mt. Unzen rhyodacitic melt at 850 °C and 200 MPa

AU - Botcharnikov, Roman

AU - Behrens, Harald

AU - Holtz, Francois

AU - Koepke, Jürgen

AU - Sato, H.

N1 - Funding Information: This work was funded by the ICDP program (International Continental Drilling Program, project Ho 1337/7) of the German Science Foundation (DFG). Otto Diedrich is greatly acknowledged for the preparation of samples for analysis. We would like to thank J. Webster and B. Scaillet for detailed and thoughtful reviews that improved the manuscript significantly and an anonymous reviewer for critical comments. D. Dingwell is acknowledged for the editorial work. [RR] Copyright: Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2004/12/15

Y1 - 2004/12/15

N2 - The solubilities of S and Cl have been determined at 850 °C, 200 MPa, and fO2 ∼NNO in a rhyodacitic melt of the Unzen volcano in equilibrium with a fluid phase of mixed composition (H-O-Cl-S). The partitioning of Cl between silicate melt and fluid shows a strong deviation from ideal behavior. The Cl content of melts coexisting with fluids containing up to 50 mol% Cl is approximately 0.85 wt.%. With the addition of sulfur, the Cl concentration decreases by 0.2 wt.% Cl (2 wt.% S added in the system; ∼50 mol% Cl in fluid). This effect is most probably explained by a more ideal mixing of the Cl-bearing species in S-bearing fluids. However, changes of melt composition with the addition of S (depletion of iron) can also influence Cl solubility. The solubility of sulfur in the melt is a complex function of the activity of fluid components, the FeOtot content of the melt, and the speciation of S. With increasing S content in the system from 0 to 2 wt.% S, the amount of pyrrhotite (Pyr) increases (up to 2.2 vol.%), the FeOtot content of the melt decreases (from 2.8 to 0.9 wt.% FeOtot), and S solubility increases slightly (up to 100 ppm). At the investigated conditions in the Cl-bearing systems, S solubilities up to 200 ppm have been determined, indicating that the addition of Cl to the system enhances S solubility. The influence of Cl on the solubility of S can be related to nonideal mixing in the fluid, in particular, the increase in activity of S-bearing fluid species and a decrease of H2S/SO2 ratios in the fluid. The first effect leads to higher solubility of sulfide in the melt and the second one favors the dissolution of additional sulfate in the silicate melt at studied conditions.

AB - The solubilities of S and Cl have been determined at 850 °C, 200 MPa, and fO2 ∼NNO in a rhyodacitic melt of the Unzen volcano in equilibrium with a fluid phase of mixed composition (H-O-Cl-S). The partitioning of Cl between silicate melt and fluid shows a strong deviation from ideal behavior. The Cl content of melts coexisting with fluids containing up to 50 mol% Cl is approximately 0.85 wt.%. With the addition of sulfur, the Cl concentration decreases by 0.2 wt.% Cl (2 wt.% S added in the system; ∼50 mol% Cl in fluid). This effect is most probably explained by a more ideal mixing of the Cl-bearing species in S-bearing fluids. However, changes of melt composition with the addition of S (depletion of iron) can also influence Cl solubility. The solubility of sulfur in the melt is a complex function of the activity of fluid components, the FeOtot content of the melt, and the speciation of S. With increasing S content in the system from 0 to 2 wt.% S, the amount of pyrrhotite (Pyr) increases (up to 2.2 vol.%), the FeOtot content of the melt decreases (from 2.8 to 0.9 wt.% FeOtot), and S solubility increases slightly (up to 100 ppm). At the investigated conditions in the Cl-bearing systems, S solubilities up to 200 ppm have been determined, indicating that the addition of Cl to the system enhances S solubility. The influence of Cl on the solubility of S can be related to nonideal mixing in the fluid, in particular, the increase in activity of S-bearing fluid species and a decrease of H2S/SO2 ratios in the fluid. The first effect leads to higher solubility of sulfide in the melt and the second one favors the dissolution of additional sulfate in the silicate melt at studied conditions.

KW - Chlorine

KW - Magma degassing

KW - Mixed fluid

KW - Silicate melt

KW - Solubility

KW - Sulfur

KW - Unzen volcano

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U2 - 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.08.044

DO - 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.08.044

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:10944263818

VL - 213

SP - 207

EP - 225

JO - Chemical Geology

JF - Chemical Geology

SN - 0009-2541

IS - 1-3

ER -