Sea water, composition

The chemical exergy is calculated with respect to the sea water composition as follows  

Differences in the ingredients. Both laboratories used artificial sea water. Ingle et al. used the formula of Kester et al. (1967) (minus borate), while Berner used Turekian s compilation of sea water composition and included all species with concentrations greater than fluoride (hence borate was included). 

Holland (15) notes that the major part of the oceanic sediments may well be detrital. Garrels (5) has recently estimated that to account for the stabilization of sea water composition since the birth of the ocean, only about 7% of the sediments need to have reacted. 

WA water quality labs by atomic absorption and autoanalyzer techniques. Charge balance calculations Indicated that all dissolved species of significance were analyzed. Comparison of filtered and unflltered aliquots suggested that un-lonlzed species were not present In appreciable quantities. Sampling and analysis uncertainties were determined by the operation of two co-located samplers for 16 weeks. The calcium and sulfate data were corrected for the Influence of sea salt to aid In the separation of the factors. This correction was calculated from bulk sea water composition and the chloride concentration In rainwater (11). Non seasalt sulfate and calcium are termed "excess" and flagged by a  

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