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Table 5
Chemical composition (mmol/L) of the residual water, after evaporation, when the models stop.
Label CF alk Cl SO 4 Na K Ca Mg TDS
S/1/2002 12,300 1913 4300 610 6590 845 0 0.02 455,699
b/2/2002 6850 1057 4510 780 6320 820 0 0.02 448,892
PL-5/2003 2700 182 4830 840 5870 830 0.2 0.45 431,224
S/1/2002 chemical composition of residual water when natron starts to precipitate 395 3143 1417 459 5448 30 0.004 0.03 318,000
S/1/2002 chemical composition of residual water when trona starts to precipitate 720 3246 2500 790 7273 53 0.001 0.02 434,000
Testimonia
Testimonium 1. Plato, 5th century BC, Republic 430a (ed. I. Burnet,
1963).
Testimonium 2. Scolia in Platonem, 159 (ed. Ruhnken).
Testimonium 3. Etymologicum Magnum, Halastri.
Testimonium 4. Stephanus Byzantius, Halastra.
Testimonium 5. Pliny, Naturalis Historiae 31, 46 (ed. W.H.S. Jones,
Loeb 1963). Chapter on soda, esp. 106–109.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to express their gratitude to Mr. Aggelakis
for his help during sampling sessions as well as to Dr. Risacher F. and
Dr. Fritz B. for their contribution of the geochemical program EQL/
EVP. Finally, special thanks go to the two unknown reviewers for their
really contributory remarks and suggestions of the manuscript and to
the editor of this journal for his helpful guidance.
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