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What are the two factors that control the concentration of salt in seawater?
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∙ 11y ago
Well there may be more than two. The rivers flow into the sea, thus diluting the salt, but salt carried by the river will increase the salt content. Salt may be removed by precipitation, but only if the concentration becomes great.
Obie Ondricka
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∙ 13y agoWell there may be more than two. The rivers flow into the sea, thus diluting the salt, but salt carried by the river will increase the salt content. Salt may be removed by precipitation, but only if the concentration becomes great.
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∙ 11y agoPrecipitation, such as rain and snow, and evaporation are the two factors which control the salinity of sea water. The average salinity of ocean water is about 35%. Precipitation dilutes salt levels whereas evaporation concentrates salinity levels.
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Concentration of salt in sea water?
The average salinity of seawater is about 35 parts per thousand or 3.5%.
Which salt concentration served as the experimental control in lab?
0m
The property of seawater used in induction salinometers to measure salinty is?
Induction salinometers measure the electrical conductivity of seawater. At a fixed temperature, the conductivity is approximately linearly proportional to salt concentration. The nature of the salt makes a difference, and sea salt composition varies somewhat around the world. For chemical solutions other than seawater, conductivity generally increases with increasing concentration, but the factor relating conductivity to concentration depends upon the composition of the solution. For a given concentration of salt near room temperature, conductivity increases about 2% for each degree Celsius of temperature increase because the viscosity of water decreases as the temperature rises. For solutions of strong acids, the temperature coefficient is nearer 1%/ degree. (The mechanism of conductivity in strong acid solutions differs from that in salt solutions.) Temperature coefficients are smaller at elevated temperatures. Weird nonlinearities occur in aqueous solutions below 4 degrees C, as the water begins to freeze. The temperature coefficient of seawater also depends slightly on the composition of the seawater. Commercial induction salinometers which calculate temperature corrections assume some standard composition of seawater, such as that found in Copenhagen bay. This may yield errors for seawater which has been concentrated by solar evaporation, such as in the Red Sea, or seawater which has been diluted by river water or ice melt.
What percentage of seawater is salt?
3.5 percent salt and 97.5 is water.
Measure of the amount of solids and salt dissolved in seawater?
Salinity
Is a cup of seawater has a higher concentration of salt than a teaspoon of seawater?
The cup of seawater has more salt, but the concentration, that is, the amount that it is diluted, is exactly the same.
Which has a higher concentration of salt a tablespoon of seawater or a swimming pool with a bucket of seawater?
a table spoon of seawater
What is the concentration of salt in seawater and the specific heat capacities of sea water and fresh water?
the seawater smells
What is the amount of dissolved salt in seawater?
Concentration range of seawater acidity
Concentration of salt in sea water?
The average salinity of seawater is about 35 parts per thousand or 3.5%.
What is the density of salt- water solution?
This depends on salt concentration; however it ranges roughly from 1.0 (low) to 1.6 g/mL at high concentration. Seawater 1.02 - 1.03
What is the difference between iso saline and hypo saline?
Iso saline refers to a body of water with equal salt concentrations (for example when compared to seawater). Hypo saline conditions is when the salt concentration is less than that of seawater.
Why would drinking seawater lead to dehydration?
Seawater has certain salt in it, in your cell you have an area of high concentration and there is an area of low concentration outside the cell causing the water inside the cell to leave (this process is hypertonic). Making the cell basically die...technically, the salt inside that water can actually dehydrate you instead of keep you alive, so you would die.
Why is salt a solute in seawater?
Yes, salt is a solute in seawater. Water is the solvent, salt is one of the solutes, and the solution is seawater.
What are the percentage of salt in seawater?
3.5% to 4% is the percentage of salt in seawater.
Is a Seawater a mineral?
Seawater is water with salt in it
Is salt a solute in seawater?
Yes, salt is a solute in seawater. Water is the solvent, salt is one of the solutes, and the solution is seawater.
