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Carbonate Chemistry of Water

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The most important systems of the ocean/river/aquatic bodies are the CO2-carbonate system because it has its buffering capacity to maintain the pH of aquatic bodies within a slim range. Moreover, the CO2-carbonate system of the hydrosphere is playing a major role to decrease anthropogenic CO2 from the atmosphere. Gaining knowledge of the CO2-carbonate system of the hydrosphere is very important nowadays. The chapter describes the carbon dynamics of the water system, dissolve organic and inorganic carbon measurement techniques, the air-water flux of carbon-di-oxide, chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM), and its measurement protocol to achieve the above mention goal.

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Das, S. (2023). Carbonate Chemistry of Water. In: An Introduction to Water Quality Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42137-2_5

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