The total surface area of the Earth covered by ocean is 3.35 10 8 km 2

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The total surface area of the Earth covered by ocean is 3.35 × 108 km2. Carbon is fixed in the oceans via hotosynthesis performed by marine plants according to the reaction 6CO2(g) + 6H2O(l) → C6H12O6(s) + 6O2(g).A lower range estimate of the mass of carbon fixed in the oceans is 44.5 × 103 kg km2 per year. Calculate the annual enthal y change resulting from hotosynthetic carbon fixation in the ocean er mole of C given the data above. Assume P = 1 bar and T = 298 K.

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Physical Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0321812001

3rd edition

Authors: Thomas Engel, Philip Reid

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