Is there a way to fix ionic strength for a simulation in GWB SpecE8, instead of calculating it?
I am trying to simulate seawater while fixing ionic strength at the accepted bulk value (0.697). I add all major bulk components of seawater (ex. Cl-, Mg++, Na+, etc.) to my solution, but there is of course some small error between calculated ionic strength from the major bulk components, and the accepted bulk value in seawater. I would like to fix this value so I can properly calculate the activities of all components.
Fixing ionic strength instead of calculating it
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Is there a way to fix ionic strength for a simulation in GWB SpecE8, instead of calculating it?
I am trying to simulate seawater while fixing ionic strength at the accepted bulk value (0.697). I add all major bulk components of seawater (ex. Cl-, Mg++, Na+, etc.) to my solution, but there is of course some small error between calculated ionic strength from the major bulk components, and the accepted bulk value in seawater. I would like to fix this value so I can properly calculate the activities of all components.
Thanks in advance!