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The Preparation of Substitute Ocean Water: Standard Practice For
The Preparation of Substitute Ocean Water: Standard Practice For
The Preparation of Substitute Ocean Water: Standard Practice For
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5.3 Sodium Hydroxide, Solution, Standard (0.10 N)— Pre- AgNO3 0.0049 g
pare and standardize as directed in Practice E 200. NOTE 3—To make the addition of AgNO3 in the above solution,
5.4 Stock Solution No. 1—Dissolve the indicated amounts dissolve 0.049 g of AgNO3 in water and dilute to 1 L. Add 100 mL of this
of the following salts in water and dilute to a total volume of solution to Stock Solution No. 3 before diluting to 10.0 L.
7.0 L. Store in well stoppered glass containers.
6. Preparation of Substitute Ocean Water
MgCl2·6H2O 3889.0 g ( = 555.6 g/L)
CaCl2(anhydrous) 405.6 g ( = 57.9 g/L) 6.1 To prepare 10.0 L of substitute ocean water, dissolve
SrCl2·6H2O 14.8 g ( = 2.1 g/L)
245.34 g of sodium chloride and 40.94 g of anhydrous sodium
5.5 Stock Solution No. 2—Dissolve the indicated amounts sulfate in 8 to 9 L of water. Add 200 mL of Stock Solution No.
of the following salts in water and dilute to a total volume of 1 slowly with vigorous stirring and then 100 mL of Stock
7.0 L or a convenient volume. Store in well stoppered amber Solution No. 2. Dilute to 10.0 L. Adjust the pH to 8.2 with 0.1
glass containers. N sodium hydroxide solution. Only a few millilitres of NaOH
KCl 486.2 g ( = 69.5 g/L) solution should be required.
NaHCO3 140.7 g ( = 20.1 g/L)
KBr 70.4 g ( = 10.0 g/L) NOTE 4—Prepare the solution and adjust the pH immediately prior to
H3BO3 19.0 g ( = 2.7 g/L) use.
NaF 2.1 g ( = 0.3 g/L)
7. Preparation of Substitute Ocean Water with Heavy
5.6 Stock Solution No. 3—Dissolve the indicated amounts Metals
of the following salts in water and dilute to a total volume of
7.1 Add 10 mL of Stock Solution No. 3 slowly and with
10.0 L or a convenient volume. Store in well stoppered amber
vigorous stirring to 10.0 L of the substitute ocean water
glass containers.
prepared as described in Section 6.
Ba(NO3)2 0.994 g
Mn(NO3)2·6H2O 0.546 g 8. Keywords
Cu(NO3)2·3H2O 0.396 g
Zn(NO3)2·6H2O 0.151 g 8.1 substitute brine; substitute ocean water; substitute salt
Pb(NO3)2 0.066 g water; substitute seawater
APPENDIX
(Nonmandatory Information)
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TABLE X1.1 Chemical Composition of Substitute Ocean Water A,B
Compound Concentration, g/L
NaCl 24.53
MgCl2 5.20
Na2SO4 4.09
CaCl2 1.16
KCl 0.695
NaHCO3 0.201
KBr 0.101
H3BO3 0.027
SrCl2 0.025
NaF 0.003
Ba(NO3)2 0.0000994
Mn(NO2)2 0.0000340
Cu(NO3)2 0.0000308
Zn(NO3)2 0.0000096
Pb(NO3)2 0.0000066
AgNO3 0.00000049
A
Chlorinity of this substitute ocean water is 19.38.
B
The pH (after adjustment with 0.1 N NaOH solution) is 8.2.
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