Warning: Mass present in a
Cell at the beginning of a simulation (i.e., initial conditions) are not
treated. That is, mass initially present in the Cell cannot be removed
using a treatment flux link.
When you create a treatment mass flux link from a Cell, this is how it is implemented within GoldSim:
1. GoldSim adds all of the non-coupled influxes to the Cell (fluxes whose Link Type is Normal or Previous-value), along with any external fluxes specified via the Cumulative Input field.
Warning: Mass present in a
Cell at the beginning of a simulation (i.e., initial conditions) are not
treated. That is, mass initially present in the Cell cannot be removed
using a treatment flux link.
2. The Fraction defined for the treatment mass flux link is multiplied by the summed influxes. The product of this is then immediately transferred via the treatment mass flux link out of the Cell.
3. All other Cell calculations are then carried out on the remaining mass in the Cell (e.g., other flux links, solubility and sorption calculations).
It is worth reiterating here that treatment mass flux links only act on mass fluxes that are entering from outside the Cell net to which the Cell belongs (i.e., they do not act on any mass entering via Coupled links). Hence, in order to treat incoming fluxes, you must first specify them as Normal (as opposed to Coupled) flux links (or must be specified as direct inputs via the Cumulative Inputs field). Coupled influxes will not be impacted:
Coupled links can be identified by the small circle at the beginning of the influence.
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