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The first experimental data were obtained on the distribution of boron isotopes between gas and liquid at 100–350°С and the pressure of saturated water vapor, and the effect of pH on this distribution at 100°С was studied. The results showed that the value of δ11Bgas–δ11Bliquid was 5.9, 3.7, 1.1, 0.8, and –1.3 ‰ at 100, 200, 250, 300, and 350°С. In an alkaline solution, the boron distribution coefficient between gas and liquid decreases, and the isotopic shift increases; at 100°C and pH 9.1 it is 17.0. The isotopic composition of the boron of thermal waters of the Mutnovsky geothermal system (Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia) was investigated. In thermal springs, a large spread of δ11B values from 2.8 to 18‰ was determined. A wide range of isotopic compositions can be explained by the fractionation of boron between gas and liquid.
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Experimental studies and thermodynamic calculations were carried out with the support of the Russian Science Foundation 19-17-00200, field work supported by the RFBR, project 17-05-00257, isotopic studies supported by the Joint Use/Research Center for “Earth and Planetary Materials Sciences” (IPM).
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Bychkov, A.Y., Nikolaeva, I.Y., Bychkova, Y.V. et al. Boron Isotope Fractionation between Liquid and Gas at Saturated Water Vapor Line. Geochem. Int. 58, 1257–1261 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S001670292011004X
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