The solubility of calcite — probably containing magnesium — in seawater |
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| Authors: | David C Plath Kenneth S Johnson Ricardo M Pytkowicz |
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| Institution: | School of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | The apparent solubility product of calcite was measured by saturometry as a function of temperature and salinity. Simplified equations for the carbonic-acid dissociation constants of Mehrbach et al., 1973 (Limnol. Oceanogr., 18: 897–907) have been derived from their experimental data and used to calculate apparent solubility product, K′sp, K′sp at 25°C and 35‰ salinity, was found to be K′sp = 4.70 × 10?7(mol2kgseawater?2) An equation was fitted to the experimental data, resulting in pK′sp = 6.5795 ? 3.7159 × 105(TS) + 0.91056(T/S) ? 22.110(1.0/S)The mean activity coefficients, , were calculated at various temperatures and salinities, using the thermodynamic solubility product of Jacobson and Langmuir, 1974 (Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 38: 301–318) and the apparent solubility products quoted in their paper. The change in K′sp at each salinity, as a function of temperature, was used to calculate the apparent enthalpy of dissociation for calcite, ΔH′, and the extrapolated value of ΔH0 was in good agreement with that of Jacobson and Langmuir. Finally, this work was used to calculate saturation profiles for oceanic stations and as a basis for comment of the accuracy of in-situ saturometry, as well as the applicability of in-situ K′sp pressure corrections. |
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