Challenger Report on Sea Water: Analysis of Sea Water at Woods Hole: Cation Analysis of Woods Hole 



gm/l (Page, 1927) ^^/^ Sea Water (Shanklin. 1954) 



NaCl 27.213 Na 8.80 Millimols Per Litre 



MgClj 3.807 K 0.412 Na 534.0 



MgS04 1.658 Ca 0.428 K 18.2 



CaS04 1.260 Mg 1.3004 Mg 56.2 



K2SO4 0.863 CI 18.350 Ca 5.8 



CaCOj 0.123 SO4 2.615 



MgBr2 0.076 PO4 0.002 



HBr 0.06 



For Woods Hole dilute 30.8 volumes to 35 volumes. 



ELEMENTS PRESENT IN SOLUTION IN OCEANIC SEA WATER EXCLUSIVE OF DISSOLVED 



GASES* 

 Chlorinity = 19.00 0/00 



Nitrogen in combined forms. 



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