Supplementary Information Table 1 pHc and Eh (mV) of SR-270-PW and Na-Ca-Cl (I = 4.6 M) brine solutions in the solid/liquid ratio dependence experiments SR-270-PW Solid/Liquid ratio (S/L) S/L = 0.10 g/5.0 mL S/L = 0.20 g/5.0 mL S/L =0.30 g/5.0 mL S/L = 0.40 g/5.0 mL S/L = 0.50 g/5.0 mL Illite Shale MX-80 pHc pHc pHc Eh Eh Eh 7.7 7.4 7.9 351 mV 349 mV 349 mV 7.6 7.7 8.0 348 mV 359 mV 356 mv 7.7 7.4 8.0 347 mV 356 mV 353 mV 7.7 7.4 8.0 335 mV 352 mV 359 mV 7.6 7.4 8.1 349 mV 353 mV 354 mV Illite Shale MX-80 Na-Ca-Cl (I = 4.6 M) Solid/Liquid ratio (S/L) S/L = 0.10 g/5.0 mL S/L = 0.20 g/5.0 mL S/L = 0.30 g/5.0 mL S/L = 0.40 g/5.0 mL S/L = 0.50 g/5.0 mL pHc pHc pHc Eh Eh Eh 7.7 8.0 9.0 359 mV 361 mV 306 mV 7.7 8.1 9.1 348 mV 362 mV 305 mV 7.7 7.9 8.9 349 mV 360 mV 308 mV 7.7 7.8 9.0 348 mV 358 mV 310 mV 7.8 8.0 9.1 343 mV 362 mV 311 mV Table 2 pHc and Eh (mV) of Na-Ca-Cl solutions in pHc dependence experiments Illite Shale MX-80 pHc 6.2 pHc 7.2 pHc 8.2 pHc 9.2 pHc 9.7 Eh 448 mV Eh 383 mV Eh 356 mV Eh 311 mV Eh 289 mV pHc 6.3 pHc 7.3 pHc 8.3 pHc 9.3 pHc 9.7 Eh 447 mV Eh 381 mV Eh 356 mV Eh 311 mV Eh 290 mV pHc 6.2 pHc 7.2 pHc 8.3 pHc 9.3 pHc 9.7 Eh 443 mV Eh 381 mV Eh 356 mV Eh 309 mV Eh 289 mV Table 3 pHc and Eh (mV) of Na-Ca-Cl solutions in the ionic strength dependence experiments Ionic Strength (M) 0.10 0.50 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.6 Illite pHc 7.8 7.2 7.1 7.3 7.2 7.4 7.7 Eh (mV) 341 346 347 348 350 348 349 pHc 8.1 7.8 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 Eh (mV) 358 362 363 362 364 361 364 pHc 9.1 8.8 8.5 8.6 8.6 8.9 9.0 Eh (mV) 306 311 320 321 325 312 310 Shale MX-80 Table 4 pHc and Eh (mV) of CaCl2, Ca-Na-Cl, Na-Ca-Cl, and NaCl solutions in the Na/Ca ratio dependence experiments CaCl2 Solution Ca-Na-Cl/Na-Ca-Cl solution NaCl solution solution Na/Ca ratio 0 0.1 1 5 10 ∞ Illite 8.6 8.5 7.9 7.3 6.9 8.0 Eh (mV) 339 335 354 384 393 351 pHc 9.2 9.0 8.3 7.7 7.4 8.6 Eh (mV) 313 315 343 361 359 326 pHc 10.2 10.0 9.4 8.7 8.5 8.7 Eh (mV) 233 234 302 322 320 314 Shale MX-80 pHc Table 5 pHc and Eh (mV) of SR-270-PW and Na-Ca-Cl (I = 4.6 M) brine solutions in isotherm experiments SR-270-PW 1 x 10−8 1 x 10−7 1 x 10−6 1 x 10−4 7.6 7.7 7.6 7.6 348 348 348 349 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.4 353 352 353 353 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 355 354 355 356 1 x 10−8 1 x 10−7 1 x 10−6 1 x 10−4 7.6 7.6 7.8 7.6 348 350 348 348 8.0 7.9 7.9 8.0 364 364 363 362 9.0 9.0 9.1 9.0 310 309 309 309 Initial Concentration (M) Illite pHc Eh (mV) Shale pHc Eh (mV) MX-80 pHc Eh (mV) Na-Ca-Cl solution Initial Concentration (M) Illite pHc Eh (mV) Shale pHc Eh (mV) MX-80 pHc Eh (mV)