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Dissolution and precipitation of minerals

Step 1 - Dissolution

TITLE Celestite TST dissolution

RUNTIME
time_units         seconds
timestep_max       10000
timestep_init      0.001
correction_max     2.0
database           ../../CrunchDatabase_ThermoChimie_v12a.dbs
master_variable    Sr+2
screen_output      100
END

DISCRETIZATION 
distance_units  meters
xzones 5 1
END

OPTIONS
Diffusion_Only true
END

OUTPUT
time_units               days
spatial_profile          10e0
time_series_interval     1
time_series_at_node      Kinetics.out   1 1 1
plot_vtkfile             false
plot_xyzfile             false
time_series_print        all false
time_series_print        pH true
time_series_print        tot_aqueous true
time_series_print        si_minerals true
END

TEMPERATURE
set_temperature      25.0
END

INITIAL_CONDITIONS
Batch  1-5 1-1 1-1
END

BOUNDARY_CONDITIONS
Closed Batch 0-0 1-1 1-1

PRIMARY_SPECIES
H2O
H+
Na+
Cl-
SO4-2
Sr+2
O2
END

SECONDARY_SPECIES   
OH-                                                              
END

MINERALS
Celestite 
 -rate(25C)   -7.66
 -activationenergy 8.1260      
 -freeenergydependence 1 1 1
END

Condition Batch
units mmol/kg
temperature     25.0
pH          7
Cl-         100
SO4-2       1e-20
Na+         charge
Sr+2        1e-20
O2          1e-6 
Celestite       0.045455    specific_surface_area  0.06 threshold 0.0001 
set_porosity    0.9 
END