Kb                  package:seacarb                  R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Dissociation constant of boric acid (mol/kg)

_U_s_a_g_e:

     Kb(S = 35, T = 25, P = 0, phflag = 0)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

       S: Salinity, default is 35

       T: Temperature in degrees Celsius, default is 25oC

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

  phflag: The pH scale is either the total scale (0) or the free scale
          (1), default is 0

_V_a_l_u_e:

      Kb: Dissociation constant of boric acid (mol/kg)

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Aurelien Proye and Jean-Pierre Gattuso

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Dickson, A. G. 1990 Thermodynamics of the dissociation of boric
     acid in synthetic seawater from 273.15 to 318.15 K. _Deep-Sea
     Research_ *375*, 755-766.

     DOE 1994 _Handbook of methods for the analysis of the various
     parameters of the carbon dioxide system in sea water_.
     ORNL/CDIAC-74. Oak Ridge,Tenn.: Carbon Dioxide Information
     Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

       Kb(35,25,0,0)

