Kf {seacarb}R Documentation

Stability constant of hydrogen fluorid (mol/kg)

Description

Stability constant of hydrogen fluorid (mol/kg)

Usage

Kf(S = 35, T = 25, P = 0, phflag = 0)

Arguments

S Salinity, default is 35
T Temperature in degrees Celsius, default is 25oC
P Hydrostatic pressure in bar (surface = 0), default is 0
phflag The pH scale is either the total scale (0) or the free scale (1), default is 0

Value

Kf Stability constant of hydrogen fluorid (mol/kg)

Author(s)

Aurelien Proye and Jean-Pierre Gattuso

References

Kf is given by Dickson and Riley (1979 in DOE, 1994).

Dickson, A. G. and Riley, J. P. 1979 The estimation of acid dissociation constants in seawater media from potentiometric titrations with strong base. I. The ionic product of water. Marine Chemistry 7, 89-99.

DOE 1994 Handbook of methods for the analysis of the various parameters of the carbon dioxide system in sea water. ORNL/CDIAC-74. Oak Ridge,Tenn.: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Examples

  Kf(35,25,0,0)

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