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THE CONTROL OF SEAWATER p H BY ION PAIRING 1
Author(s) -
Wangersky Peter J.
Publication year - 1972
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.1972.17.1.0001
Subject(s) - seawater , silicate , carbon dioxide , sill , ion , chemistry , environmental science , inorganic chemistry , environmental chemistry , mineralogy , oceanography , geology , geochemistry , organic chemistry
The control of p H in seawater is effected through the whole set of ion‐pairing equilibria, involving all of the major ions in seawater, rather than through the simple reaction series between water and carbon dioxide. The resistance to change of this system is greater than the buffer capacity of the CO 2 system, and the speed of reaction is much faster than that of the silicate system proposed by Sillén.