# gsw_atomic_weight

    mole-weighted atomic weight of sea salt

## Contents

- USAGE:
- DESCRIPTION:
- OUTPUT:
- EXAMPLE:
- AUTHOR:
- VERSION NUMBER:
- REFERENCE:

## USAGE:

    atomic_weight = gsw_atomic_weight

## DESCRIPTION:

    This function returns the mole-weighted atomic weight of sea salt of
    Reference Composition, which is 31.4038218 g/mol.  This has been
    defined as part of the Reference-Composition Salinity Scale of 2008
    (Millero et al., 2008).

## OUTPUT:

    atomic_weight  =  mole-weighted atomic weight of sea salt of Reference
                      Composition                                    [ g/mol ]

## EXAMPLE:

    atomic_weight = gsw_atomic_weight

    atomic_weight =

    31.4038218

## AUTHOR:

    Trevor McDougall and Paul Barker          [ help@teos-10.org ]

## VERSION NUMBER:

    3.02 (18th November, 2012)

## REFERENCE:

    IOC, SCOR and IAPSO, 2010: The international thermodynamic equation of
      seawater - 2010: Calculation and use of thermodynamic properties.
      Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Manuals and Guides No. 56,
      UNESCO (English), 196 pp.  Available from http://www.TEOS-10.org
        See Table D.4 of this TEOS-10 Manual.

    Millero, F. J., R. Feistel, D. G. Wright, and T. J. McDougall, 2008:
      The composition of Standard Seawater and the definition of the
      Reference-Composition Salinity Scale, Deep-Sea Res. I, 55, 50-72.
        See Eqn. (5.3) of this paper.

    The software is available from http://www.TEOS-10.org