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[Yves Dudal <Yves.Dudal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Dr. Parkhurst,

I am getting familiar with the PHREEQC model and so far, I am extremely
pleased with its capabilities.
I would like to report a problem I am experiencing regarding the use of
gas equilibrium phases. Here is a simple example of the problem:

SOLUTION 1 Water & Air
        temp    25
        pH      7.0     
EQUILIBRIUM_PHASES
        N2(g)           -0.1
        O2(g)           -0.68
        CO2(g)  -3.5
END

When I run this little program trying to equilibrate air with
water, the results are surprising: pH of 1.065, a pe of 19.546, leading
to the formation of a lot of nitrate (0.1 M).  By decomposing the
program, I find that O2(g) is responsible for this result, but everything
I do to keep the redox adjusted to the O(0)/O(-2) couple does not solve
it.  This result might be due to a mistake that I do, using the
software and I would be very happy if you could help me solve it. 
Is there a way not to adjust the charge balance to the redox equilibrium
when using the PHASES?

Thank you for your time,

Yves Dudal, Ph.D.

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Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
Unité Climat Sol et Environnement - Bâtiment Sol
Equipe "Couplages entre Transferts et Cycles Biogéochimiques"
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France

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