Variation of Mg, S, K and Ca contents in individual sea-salt particles

Hideaki Mouri; Kikuo Okada; Koji Shigehara

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v45i1.15581

Variation of Mg, S, K and Ca contents in individual sea-salt particles

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 45 (1993): Issue 1

By: Hideaki Mouri, Kikuo Okada and Koji Shigehara

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|Jan 1993

Abstract

Elemental composition of individual sea-salt particles collected over the Pacific Ocean was examined by an electron microscope equipped with an energy-dispersive X-ray analyzer. We found a significant variation of Mg, S, K and Ca contents. Moreover, the weight ratio of S/Na was well correlated with those of Mg/Na, K/Na and Ca/Na. This property can be explained by the fractionary recrystallization within evaporating drops followed by shattering.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v45i1.15581 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 80 - 85

Submitted on: Oct 28, 1991

Accepted on: Apr 13, 1992

Published on: Jan 1, 1993

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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© 1993 Hideaki Mouri, Kikuo Okada, Koji Shigehara, published by Stockholm University Press
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