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VARIATION OF SOLUBILITY WITH DEPTH IN THE OCEAN: A THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS
Author(s) -
Klotz Irving M.
Publication year - 1963
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.1963.8.2.0149
Subject(s) - solubility , thermodynamics , volume (thermodynamics) , nitrogen , partial pressure , chemistry , oxygen , mineralogy , physics , organic chemistry
A thermodynamic equation can be obtained which gives the dependence of solubility on depth in terms of the partial specific volume of the solute. From published values of these volumes it is shown that the (equilibrium) solubility of nitrogen should decrease by 5–6% per 1,000 in depth whereas that of oxygen should change by less than 0.1%.