seacarb (version 2.4.8)

kconv: Conversion factors to change the pH scale of dissociation constants

Description

Conversion factors from the total scale to the free and seawater scales

Usage

kconv(S=35,T=25, P=0, kf)

Arguments

S

Salinity, default is 35

T

Temperature in degrees Celsius, default is 25oC

P

Hydrostatic pressure in bar (surface = 0), default is 0

kf

"pf" for using Kf from Perez and Fraga (1987) and "dg" for using Kf from Dickson and Riley (1979 in Dickson and Goyet, 1994); if the fonction Kf was used previously, the default value is the value given for the argument kf in the fonction Kf. If the Kf fu

Value

• The function returns a list with 3 conversion factors :
• ktotal2SWS
  to convert from the total scale to seawater scale
• ktotal2free
  to convert from the total scale to the free scale
• kfree2SWS
  to convert from the free scale to the seawater scale

encoding

latin1

Details

It is critical to consider that each formulation is valid in specific ranges of temperature and salinity:

• Perez and Fraga (1987): S ranging between 10 and 40 and T ranging between 9 and 33oC.
• Dickson and Riley (1979 in Dickson and Goyet, 1994): S ranging between 0 and 45 and T ranging between 0 and 45oC.

Note that kconv is used in many functions (i.e. K1, K2, K1P, K2P, K3P, Kw, Ksi, etc...) without user controls it. To force a particular formulation for Kf, which will be then used in kconv, it is recommended to start the session by indicating your preferred formulation using the folloawing commands: Kf(kf="dg") or Kf(kf="pf").

References

Dickson A.G. and F.J. Millero, 1987 A comparison of the equilibrium constants for the dissociation of carbonic acid in seawater media. Deep-Sea Research 34:1733-1743.

See Also

pHconv.

Examples

##To convert dissociation constants from the total scale to the free scale
## (at salinity=35, temperature=25oC and atmospheric pressure):
kconv(35,25,0)
conv <- kconv()
 c(K1_total=K1(),K1_SWS=K1()*conv$ktotal2SWS,K1_free=K1()*conv$ktotal2free)