Figure 7
From: In vitro acellular dissolution of mineral fibres: A comparative study
Plots of the molal concentration vs. time for amphibole asbestos fibres and erionite. The fit of the final part of the curve yielded the apparent rate constant k (s−1). The second column includes the fit of the dm/dt vs. −A (m2) plots for the chrysotile asbestos samples used to determine k from the equation36 \(\frac{{\rm{d}}{\rm{m}}}{{\rm{d}}{\rm{t}}}{\rm{=}}{\rm{-}}\,{\rm{k}}{\rm{\cdot }}{\rm{A}}({\rm{t}})\). Again, the fit of the final part of the curve yielded the apparent rate constant k (s−1) (slope) (see the text for details).
