The effect of concentration and temperature on the conductivity ratio of potassium chloride solutions to standard seawater of salinity 35 ‰(Cl 19.3740 ‰)

Author

Dauphinee, Thomas M. ; Ancsin, John ; Klein, H. Peter ; Phillips, M. John

Author_Institution

National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

5

Issue

1

fYear

1980

fDate

1/1/1980 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

17

Lastpage

21

Abstract

The ratios $Z_{K,t}$ of electrical conductivities of potassium chloride (KCI) solutions of known concentration ( $K$ ) to standard seawater at the same temperature have been measured at $15\\deg$ C and $24\\deg$ C for solutions with $Z_{k,15}$ between 0.96 and 1.04. The "normal" concentration ( $N or K_{N}$ ) giving $Z_{N,15}= 1$ was found to be $K_{N} = 32.4356$ gKCI/kg solution. The effect of temperature on $Z_{N,t}$ was measured over the range $15\\deg$ C to $30\\deg$ C. Equations are given for KCI concentration as a function of $Z_{15}$ and the inverse function, for $Z_{15}/Z_{24}$ as a function of $Z_{24}$ (to allow use of a laboratory salinometer for the KCI-seawater comparisons), and $Z_{N,t}$ as a function of temperature.

Keywords

Conductivity measurements; Sea measurements; Conductivity measurement; Equations; Heating; Measurement standards; Ocean temperature; Powders; Sea measurements; Steel; Temperature distribution; Temperature measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0364-9059

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JOE.1980.1145444

Filename

1145444