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II. Properties of Water. 



a. Specific Heat. 



b. Freezing Point. 



c. Latent Heat of Fusion. 



d. Latent Heat of Vaporization. 



e. Vapor Tension. 



/. (Thermal Conductivity.)* 



g. Expansion before Freezing. 



h. (Expansion in Freezing.) ' 



i. Solvent Power. 



j. Dielectric Constant. 



k. Ionizing Power. 



I. Surface Tension. 



III. Properties of Carbon Dioxide. 



a. Solubility in Water. 



b. Ionization Constant. 



IV. Properties of the Ocean. 



a. Number and Variety of Constituents. 



b. Quantity of Dissolved Material. 



c. Mobility. 



d. Constancy of Temperature. 



e. Constancy of Osmotic Pressure. 

 /. Constancy of Alkalinity. 



y. Constancy of Composition. 

 V. Chemical Properties of Carbon, Hj'dro- 

 gen, and Oxygen. 



a. Number of Compounds. 



b. Variety of Compounds. 



c. Complexity of Compounds. 



