K_HF {AquaEnv}R Documentation

K_HF

Description

PUBLIC function: calculates the dissociation constant of HF

Usage

K_HF(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 dissociation constant of HF in mol/kg-solution on the free proton pH scale

Author(s)

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

References

Dickson1979a, Dickson1987, Roy1993b, DOE1994, Millero1995, Zeebe2001 (Note that for a constant calculated from Perez1987, one needs to use either aquaenv(khf="perez")$K_HF or seacarb)

Examples

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

[Package AquaEnv version 0.7 Index]