Water-soluble materials on volcanic ash from the 1990-94 eruption of the Unzenn volcano

Water-soluble materials on volcanic ash from the Unzen volcano collected from February, 1991 to July, 1994 were chemically analyzed. They were similar in chemical characteristics to those obtained from other volcanoes. Chemical compositions varied even for materials from the same pyroclastic flow. C1 contens increased with increasing residence time of volcanic ash in air, but SO4 contents were almost fixed. It therefore seems that the reaction of volcanic ash with HC1 proceeds even at low temperatures, whereas the reaction with SO2 takes place only at high temperatutes