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IN a recent article Dr. A. T. Wilson1 notes that ‘the potassium/sodium ratio in rainwater is often larger by a factor of 10 than that in the sea—the obvious source’. His explanation is that most of the sea water transferred to the atmosphere in the form of spray is derived from a very thin surface layer of the sea, which is rich in potassium and nitrogen as a result of the activities of micro-organisms.
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ODDIE, B. Potassium/Sodium Ratio in Rainwater. Nature 184, 1791 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841791b0
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