<s>
The	B-Application
Geochemist	I-Application
's	I-Application
Workbench	I-Application
(	O
GWB	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
integrated	O
set	O
of	O
interactive	O
software	B-Application
tools	O
for	O
solving	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
problems	O
in	O
aqueous	O
chemistry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
a	O
free	O
Student	O
Edition	O
of	O
the	O
software	B-Application
was	O
released	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
expanded	O
in	O
2021	O
to	O
a	O
Community	O
Edition	O
free	O
to	O
all	O
aqueous	O
chemists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
early	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
software	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
applications	O
of	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
vector	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
predecessor	O
to	O
today	O
's	O
multi-core	B-Architecture
processors	I-Architecture
,	O
to	O
geological	O
research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
release	O
is	O
multithreaded	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
as	O
such	O
retains	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
early	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
vector	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Workbench	O
,	O
designed	O
for	O
personal	O
computers	O
running	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
is	O
distributed	O
commercially	O
in	O
three	O
packages	O
:	O
GWB	O
Professional	O
,	O
Standard	O
,	O
and	O
Essentials	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
in	O
the	O
free	O
GWB	O
Community	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GWB	O
can	O
calculate	O
flow	O
fields	O
dynamically	O
,	O
or	O
import	O
flow	O
fields	O
as	O
numeric	O
data	O
or	O
calculated	O
directly	O
from	O
the	O
USGS	O
hydrologic	O
flow	O
code	O
MODFLOW	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	B-Application
is	O
used	O
by	O
environmental	O
chemists	O
,	O
engineers	O
,	O
microbiologists	O
,	O
and	O
remediators	O
to	O
gain	O
quantitative	O
understanding	O
of	O
the	O
chemical	O
and	O
microbiological	O
reactions	O
which	O
control	O
the	O
fate	O
and	O
mobility	O
of	O
contaminants	O
in	O
the	O
biosphere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
the	O
energy	O
industry	O
,	O
petroleum	O
engineers	O
,	O
mining	O
geologists	O
,	O
environmental	O
geochemists	O
and	O
geothermal	O
energy	O
developers	O
use	O
the	O
software	B-Application
to	O
search	O
for	O
resources	O
,	O
optimize	O
recovery	O
,	O
and	O
manage	O
wastes	O
,	O
all	O
while	O
using	O
safe	O
and	O
environmentally	O
friendly	O
practices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hundreds	O
of	O
scholarly	O
articles	O
cite	O
or	O
use	O
GWB	O
and	O
several	O
textbooks	O
apply	O
the	O
software	B-Application
to	O
solve	O
common	O
problems	O
in	O
environmental	O
protection	O
and	O
remediation	O
,	O
the	O
petroleum	O
industry	O
,	O
and	O
economic	O
geology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Geochemistry	O
students	O
can	O
save	O
time	O
performing	O
routine	O
but	O
tedious	O
tasks	O
that	O
are	O
easily	O
accomplished	O
with	O
the	O
software	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
free	O
download	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Geochemist	I-Application
's	I-Application
Workbench	I-Application
Community	O
Edition	O
is	O
available	O
from	O
the	O
developer	O
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
