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kgen (version 0.2.1)

calc_Ks: Calculate equilibrium constants for seawater

Description

Wrapper to calculate multiple stoichiometric equilibrium constants at given temperature, salinity, pressure and the concentration of magnesium, calcium, sulphate, and fluorine.

Usage

calc_Ks(
  ks = NULL,
  temp_c = 25,
  sal = 35,
  p_bar = NULL,
  magnesium = 0.0528171,
  calcium = 0.0102821,
  sulphate = NULL,
  fluorine = NULL,
  method = "MyAMI"
)

Value

Data.table of specified Ks at the given conditions

Arguments

ks

character vectors of Ks to be calculated e.g., c("K0", "K1")

temp_c

Temperature (Celsius)

sal

Salinity

p_bar

Pressure (Bar) (optional)

magnesium

Magnesium concentration in mol/kgsw. If None, modern is assumed (0.0528171). Should be the average magnesium concentration in seawater - a salinity correction is then applied to calculate the magnesium concentration in the sample.

calcium

Calcium concentration in mol/kgsw. If None, modern is assumed (0.0102821). Should be the average calcium concentration in seawater - a salinity correction is then applied to calculate the magnesium concentration in the sample.

sulphate

Sulphate concentration in mol/kgsw. Calculated from salinity if not given.

fluorine

Fluorine concentration in mol/kgsw. Calculated from salinity if not given.

method

Options: R_Polynomial, MyAMI_Polynomial , MyAMI (defaults to "MyAMI").

Author

Dennis Mayk