AquaEnv (version 1.0-4)

K_BOH3: K\_BOH3

Description

PUBLIC function: calculates the dissociation constant of B(OH)3

Usage

K_BOH3(S, t, p=0, SumH2SO4=NULL, SumHF=NULL, khf="dickson", khso4="dickson")

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

SumH2SO4

total sulfate concentration in mol/kg-solution (calculated from S if not supplied)

SumHF

total fluoride concentration in mol/kg-solution (calculated from S if not supplied)

khf

S, t relation for K\_HF needed for scale conversion: either "dickson" (default, Dickson1979a) or "perez" (Perez1987a)

khso4

S, t relation for K\_HSO4 needed for scale conversion: either "dickson" (default, Dickson1990) or "khoo" (Khoo1977)

Value

the dissociation constant of B(OH)3 in mol/kg-solution on the free proton pH scale

References

Dickson1990, DOE1994, Millero1995 (molality version given), Zeebe2001

Examples

K_BOH3(35, 15)
K_BOH3(35, 15, 10)
K_BOH3(S=35, t=15, p=10, SumH2SO4=0.03)
plot(K_BOH3(35, 1:25), xlab="temperature / degC")