Dissociation of weak acids during Gran plot free acidity titrations

Steven E. Lindberg; Jan M. Coe; William A. Hoffman

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v36i3.14888

Dissociation of weak acids during Gran plot free acidity titrations

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 36 (1984): Issue 3

By: Steven E. Lindberg, Jan M. Coe and William A. Hoffman

Open Access

|Jan 1984

Abstract

A comparison of weak and free acid concentrations measured by base titration and hydrogen ion activities determined by direct pH measurement is described for several of our data sets for rain collected above and below a forest canopy in the eastern United States. These data illustrate the influence of weak acid dissociation during titration and the possible effect of activity coefficients on calculated free acid concentrations.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v36i3.14888 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 186 - 191

Submitted on: Aug 22, 1983

Accepted on: Dec 30, 1983

Published on: Jan 1, 1984

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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© 1984 Steven E. Lindberg, Jan M. Coe, William A. Hoffman, published by Stockholm University Press
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