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Abstract
Atmospheric oxygen has been found to be enriched in oxygen-18 by 23.5 +/- 0.3 per mil relative to average ocean water (SMOW). Oxygen dissolved in seawater is further enriched in oxygen-18 by 0.85 per mil at 0 degrees C. The temperature dependence of the solubility enrichment is given by epsilon (per mil) = 0.85- 0.010 t ( degrees C). This result is in good agreement with earlier measurements of the solubility effect in distilled water.Entities:
Year: 1972 PMID: 17833979 DOI: 10.1126/science.175.4017.54
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728