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KREMLING has recently described1 a promising new method for the determination of the density of seawater. The agreement he demonstrates between his results and those based on the equation of state, determined by Knudsen as a function of salinity and temperature, is even better than he suggests. This arises from an error in Kremling's interpretation of the new definition of salinity.
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CREASE, J. Determination of the Density of Seawater. Nature 233, 329 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/233329a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/233329a0
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