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Science 29 April 1966:
Vol. 152. no. 3722, pp. 640 - 642
DOI: 10.1126/science.152.3722.640
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Magnesium Ions: Activity in Seawater

R. M. Pytkowicz 1, I. W. Duedall 1, and D. N. Connors 1

1 Department of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331

The activity of magnesium ions in seawater was determined from solubility data and found to be between the values determined by Platford and by Garrels and Thompson. Our value may result from extensive formation of magnesium sulfate ion pairs.


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