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MATERIAL
SELECTION
SEAWATER
COMPOSITION
MARINE
CORROSION
SHIP HULL
SHIP HULL PROTECTION
CASE
SEAWATER COMPOSITION
SOURCE : PIERRE R.
ROBERGE
Average Concentration of the 11 Most
Abundant Ions and
Molecules in Clean Seawater (35.00‰
Salinity, Density of 1.023 g mL−1 at
25°C)
A LARGE PART OF THE DISSOLVED COMPONENTS OF SEAWATER IS
PRESENT AS ION PAIRS OR IN COMPLEXES, RATHER THAN AS SIMPLE
IONS. WHILE THE MAJOR CATIONS ARE LARGELY UNCOMPLEXED, THE
ANIONS OTHER THAN CHLORIDE ARE TO VARYING DEGREES PRESENT
IN THE FORM OF COMPLEXES. ABOUT 13 PERCENT OF THE MAGNESIUM
AND NINE PERCENT OF THE CALCIUM IN OCEAN WATERS EXIST AS
MAGNESIUM SULFATE AND CALCIUM SULFATE, RESPECTIVELY. MORE
THAN 90 PERCENT OF THE CARBONATE, 50 PERCENT OF THE SULFATE,
AND 30 PERCENT OF THE BICARBONATE EXIST AS COMPLEXES. MANY
MINOR OR TRACE COMPONENTS OCCUR PRIMARILY AS COMPLEX
IONS AT THE PH AND THE REDOX POTENTIAL OF SEAWATER.
SEAWATER CONDITITION