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ACCORDING to recent investigations on the boron content of sea water, amongst others, spectrographic analyses by V. M. Goldsehmidt and Cl. Peters1, the boron content is considerably higher than hitherto assumed. In consequence, quantitative analyses for this substance have been undertaken in several laboratories. The following table shows the results of a series of titration analyses of five different water samples of varying salinity, giving the origin of the sample, the boric acid content in milli-equivalents per litre and in grams B2O3 per cub. m., as well as the chlorinities in per mille and the ratio boron to chlorine.
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Goldsehmidt, V. M., und Peters, CI., "Zur Geochemie des Bors II". Nach. Gesell. Wise. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Klasse, 1932. III. Chemie, etc. 28. IV. Geologic, etc. 31. S. 536.
Buch, K., Harvey, H. W., Wattenberg, H., "Über das Kohlensäuresystem im Meerwasser". Conseil Perm. Inter, pour l'Explor. Mer. Rapports et Procés-Verbaux. Vol. 79, 1932.
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BUCH, K. Boric Acid in Sea Water and its Effect on the Carbon Dioxide Equilibrium. Nature 131, 688 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131688a0
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