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. 2007 Mar 21;8:1. doi: 10.1186/1467-4866-8-1

Table 2.

Induction time and total reaction times, and final solid products of the hydrothermal transformation of mackinawite to pyrite a).

Temperature Induction Times (min) b) Reaction Time (min) Products (ED-XRD)

t-0 mack t+0 grei t+0 pyr
200°C c) 0 8 0 90 Pyrite
200°C c) 0 4 0 70 Pyrite, Greigite
175°C 7 n.a.d) 6 60 Pyrite, Greigite
150°C 4 6 12 74 Pyrite, Greigite
125°C 25 (± 3) n.a. 22 110 Pyrite
100°C 77 (± 19) n.a. 117 (± 30) 311 e) Mackinawite, Pyrite

a) All experiments: 1.25 ± 0.13 mmol FeS and 1.25 ± 0.13 mmol zerovalent S as polysulfide.

b) Mean errors in induction times, unless stated otherwise: ± 1. t-0 mack: induction time for mackinawite decay; t+0 grei, t+0 pyr: induction time for greigite and pyrite growth, respectively.

c) The reaction at 200°C was conducted in duplicate.

d) n.a.: not available.

e) Reaction was interrupted before completion.