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Evaporation of Brine: A Field Study on the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah
Author(s) -
Turk L. J.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr006i004p01209
Subject(s) - brine , salt lake , evaporation , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , vapor pressure , mineralogy , geomorphology , chemistry , geotechnical engineering , meteorology , geography , organic chemistry , structural basin
Evaporation rates were determined for seven brines whose average specific gravities varied from 1.207 to 1.333. Evaporation of the brines ranged from 70% to 9.5%, respectively, of the freshwater evaporation rate. The field data agree exceptionally well with differential vapor pressures over Great Salt Lake brine, measured in the laboratory by Dickson et al. [1965]. Water occasionally condenses on the heavier brines because of an inverted vapor pressure gradient.