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Science 2 April 1965:
Vol. 148. no. 3666, p. 69
DOI: 10.1126/science.148.3666.69
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Silica: Role in the Buffering of Natural Waters

Robert M. Garrels 1

1 Department of Geology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

In the oceans, dissolved silica and degraded silicates appear to participate in a reaction which fixes silica and alkali metal cations and releases hydrogen ions, resulting in maintenance of the pH.


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