Rayleigh scattering by aqueous colloidal silica as a cause for the blue color of hydrothermal water

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 49-60

  Ohsawa, Shinji ^a   Kawamura, Takao ^b   Takamatsu, Nobuki ^b   Yusa, Yuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blue color; Colloidal silica; Rayleigh scattering; Thermal water

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS; POLYMERIZATION; SOLUTIONS; WATER;

HYDROTHERMAL PONDS;

SILICA;

COLLOID; COLOR; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SILICA;

EID: 0036072119     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(01)00250-5     Document Type: Article

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