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APPENDIX: EQUILIBRIUM N
2
O CONCENTRATIONS
TABLE 2:
Nitrous oxide (mmol N2O/liter) at ambient partial pressure of 1 atm.
in water as a function of temperature and salinity.
Source: Weiss, R.F; Price, B. A.: Marine, Chemistry, 1980, 8, 347-359
For conversion between units go to the Unit Converter on Unisense
website:
unisense.com/unit-converter/#
The Unisense software has a built-in calculator, giving the solubility
of N2O at a given combination of temperature and salinity (“Tools -
N2O Calculator” or the “N2O table” button in the calibration dialog).
(‰) /
O
C
0
5
10
16
22
26
30
36
40
0
59.35
48.46
40.16
32.66
27.05
24.09
21.61
18.61
16.98
10
55.85
45.73
37.99
30.96
25.69
22.91
20.57
17.73
16.18
20
52.58
43.15
35.93
29.35
24.40
21.78
19.58
16.89
15.42
30
49.50
40.73
33.98
27.82
23.18
20.71
18.63
16.09
14.70
35
48.03
39.56
33.05
27.09
22.59
20.19
18.18
15.70
14.35
38
47.17
38.88
32.50
26.66
22.24
19.89
17.91
15.48
14.15
40
46.60
38.43
32.14
26.37
22.01
19.69
17.73
15.33
14.01
