An equation correlating the solubility of quartz in water from 25° to 900°C at pressures up to 10,000 bars

The solubility of quartz in water from 25° to 900°C at specific volume of the solvent ranging from about 1 to 10 and from 300° to 600°C at specific volume of the solvent ranging from about 10 to 100 is given by an empirically derived equation of the form: log m = A + B(log V) + C(log V)² where m is the molal silica concentration, V is the specific volume of pure water, and A = −4.66206 + 0.0034063T + 2179.7T⁻¹ − 1.1292 × 10⁶T⁻² + 1.3543 × 10⁸T⁻³B = −0.0014180T— 806.97T⁻¹C = 3.9465 × 10⁻⁴T T is temperature in kelvins. The experimental data used in formulating the empirical relation ranged in pressure from 1 bar at 25°C to about 10,000 bars at 900°C, and the lowest pressure in the low-density steam region was about 30 bars. According to the above equation, the average difference in molality between 518 measured and calculated solubilities is −0.016 m with a standard deviation of 0.089.