Ksp_aragonite {AquaEnv}

Ksp\_aragonite

Description

PUBLIC function: calculates the solubility product for aragonite

Usage

Ksp_aragonite(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 aragonite in (mol/kg-solution)2

Author(s)

Andreas F. Hofmann. Maintained by Karline Soetaert ([e-mail]).

References

Mucci1983, Boudreau1996

Examples

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