TABLE 1.
Chemical composition of the salt lake brines
| Sample | Environment | Temp (°C) | pH | Conductivity (mS/cm)/total salinity (g/liter) | Concn of:
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| Cl (M) | K (mM) | Mg (M) | Na (M) | S (M) | HCO3 (mM) | CO3 (mM) | |||||
| Lake Bagaejinnor | Salt lake | 20.5 | 8.5 | 474/333 | 4.61 | 33.2 | 0.35 | 5.32 | 1.07 | 7.4 | 3.3 |
| Lake Chagannor | Salt lake | 17.1 | 10.5 | 202/118 | 1.08 | 14 | 0.001 | 2.89 | 0.43 | 360 | 410 |
| Lake Ejinnor | Saltern | 27.6 | 7.5 | 464/397 | 4.36 | 68.9 | 2.08 | 2.82 | 0.94 | 9.84 | 23.3 |
| Lake Erliannor | Saltern | 17.9 | 8 | 482/312 | 5.33 | 39 | 0.86 | 4.2 | 0.48 | 4.1 | 8.3 |
| Lake Shangmatala | Salt lake | 20.8 | 8.5 | 487/346 | 4.69 | 150 | 0.26 | 5.38 | 0.81 | 7.4 | 13 |
| Unknown lake | Salt lake | 23.6 | 8.5 | 463/356 | 5.4 | 53.1 | 0.085 | 5.06 | 0.33 | 13.9 | 1.7 |
| Pool | Small pool | 21 | 9.5 | 287/196 | 2.21 | 17.1 | 0.035 | 2.01 | 0.06 | 14.3 | 0 |
| Salar Guayatayoc | Salt lake | 10 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 173 | 0.061 | 4.9 | 0.031 | 9.84 | 0 | |