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MEASUREMENT OF ORGANIC CARBON IN SEA WATER 1
Author(s) -
Wilson Ronald F.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1961.6.3.0259
Subject(s) - seawater , environmental science , total organic carbon , carbon fibers , environmental chemistry , combustion , dissolved organic carbon , oceanography , chemistry , materials science , geology , organic chemistry , composite number , composite material
An apparatus and procedure for precise measurement of organic carbon in sea water is described. The method, sensitive at < 1 mg/L, entails wet combustion of 200‐ml samples of sea water and infrared CO 2 analysis.