Efforts to measure salinity have long been a fundamental part of chemical oceanography. At one time, this was done by simply weighing the salt. Then
Subject: salt
Transcript: the mass Of salts in a given mass of sea water. But it was very difficult. It's not practical to evaporate all the sea water And then weigh the salts
While both seawater and freshwater contain a wide array of minerals and other constituents, the amount of salt in seawater is generally greater than
Subject: salt
Transcript: [narrator:] while both sea water and fresh water contain a wide array of minerals and other constituents, the amount of salt Min sea water is