Ksp_calcite {AquaEnv}R Documentation

Ksp_calcite

Description

PUBLIC function: calculates the solubility product for aragonite

Usage

Ksp_calcite(S, t, p=0)

Arguments

S salinity in practical salinity units (i.e. no unit)
t temperature in degrees centigrade
p gauge pressure (total pressure minus atmospheric pressure) in bars

Value

the solubility product for calcite in (mol/kg-solution)2

Author(s)

Andreas F. Hofmann (a.hofmann@nioo.knaw.nl)

References

Mucci1983, Boudreau1996

Examples

Ksp_calcite(35, 15)
Ksp_calcite(35, 15, 10)
plot(Ksp_aragonite(35, 1:25), xlab="temperature / degC")

[Package AquaEnv version 0.7 Index]