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  • Nov 11, 2016, 09:43 AM
    Chemwiz2016
    Concentrations of Mg and Ca in seawater
    After doing a titration my concentration of Magnesium ions is slightly higher than the literature value. Why could this be?
    Also my concentration of Calcium ions is slightly less than the literature value so also why could this be too?
  • Nov 11, 2016, 10:35 AM
    Curlyben
    Margin of Experimental error
  • Nov 11, 2016, 01:47 PM
    ma0641
    See above and note that sea water varies depending on the season and location. Sea of Galilee is vastly different then the Arctic Ocean. What did you do during titration and how did you determine the Mg and Ca levels? Did you use the EDTA method? Maybe you are color inhibited since that is how the ions are determined.

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