The Temperature-Pressure Dependence of Ionic Conductivity in Sea Water at Temperatures in the Oceanic Range.

Abstract

The specific conductance of three sea water samples (33.634%/oo, 34.099%/oo and 35.001%/oo) was measured at twelve temperatures from 0C to 21.00C and at nine pressures from atmospheric to 4,141.8 decibars above atmospheric. Polynomials for specific conductance as a function of temperature and as a function of pressure are computed from the data, but the temperature-pressure effect is obscure. Two empirical equations that relate conductivity ratio to temperature and pressure are also developed. These equations better describe the temperature-pressure effect on conductivity at the pressures studied which correspond to the upper 4,000 meters of the ocean. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0721573

Entities

People

  • Bobby Vernon Hassler

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bodies Of Water
  • Conductivity
  • Equations
  • Landforms
  • Mathematics
  • Oceans
  • Polynomials
  • Sea Water
  • Water

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