diff --git a/bench/barite/README.org b/bench/barite/README.org index 180c3c4de..bce368b0f 100644 --- a/bench/barite/README.org +++ b/bench/barite/README.org @@ -24,13 +24,15 @@ celestite; following diffusion of $BaCl_2$ celestite dissolution occurs Dissolution of celestite and the successive release of $SO_4^{2-}$ into solution causes barite to precipitate: -```\mathrm{Ba}^{2+}_{\mathrm{(aq)}} + \mathrm{SrSO}_{4, \mathrm{(s)}} \rightarrow \mathrm{BaSO}_{4,\mathrm{(s)}} + \mathrm{Sr}^{2+}_{\mathrm{(s)}}``` +#+begin_src tex +$ \mathrm{Ba}^{2+}_{\mathrm{(aq)}} + \mathrm{SrSO}_{4, \mathrm{(s)}} \rightarrow \mathrm{BaSO}_{4,\mathrm{(s)}} + \mathrm{Sr}^{2+}_{\mathrm{(s)}} $ +#+end_src Reaction rates are calculated using a general kinetics rate law for both dissolution and precipitation based on transition state theory: -```\frac{\mathrm{d}m_{m}}{\mathrm{d}t} = -\mathrm{SA}_m k_{\mathrm{r},m} (1-\mathrm{SR}_{m})``` +$ \frac{\mathrm{d}m_{m}}{\mathrm{d}t} = -\mathrm{SA}_m k_{\mathrm{r},m} (1-\mathrm{SR}_{m})$ where $\mathrm{d}m\,(\mathrm{mol/s})$ is the rate of a mineral phase