Table 2 Summary of leached elements for biotic and abiotic glass alteration experiments on silicate glasses. Summarized from ref. 14.

From: Microbial interactions with silicate glasses

Biotic alteration

Abiotic alteration

Elements enriched in biofilm

Elements of lower concentration in leach solution

Elements enriched in alteration layer

Elements of lower concentration in leach solution

 

Si

  
 

Mg

  
 

Ca

  
 

K

Si

 

Ni

Sr (trace)

Mg

 

Co

Ba (trace)

Ca

 

Pb

Ni

Fe

Fe

Zr (trace)

Cd

Co

K

Cs

Cr (trace)

Sr (trace)

Th

Zn (trace)

Cr (trace)

Ba

Cu (trace)

Cu (trace)

Zn

Pb

Zr (trace)

 

U (trace)

U (trace)

 

Cd (trace)

 
 

Cs

 
 

Th (trace)