Rate equations for sodium catalyzed quartz dissolution

These two equations fit the data just as well as five other equations from Bickmore et al. (2008) that are based on surface species concentrations. All of these rate equations contain information about the reaction mechanism(s) for quartz dissolution but that information is ambiguous because the independent variables used to develop the equations are correlated. This means that rate equations alone cannot be used to infer the dissolution mechanism. Existing surface complexation, surface charge, terrace-ledge-kink, and Lewis acid-base models must be modified and amalgamated in order to develop a reliable model of the reaction mechanism(s).