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From the physical point of view, all natural waters are solutions of various inorganic and organic compounds. They also contain gases, colloidal and suspended particles of organic and inorganic origin, and many species of microorganisms. Thus, when studying the dynamics and phase transition of natural waters which result in their isotopic fractionation, one should not use the physicochemical constants for distilled water but rather those for solutions of given composition and concentration, which are features of the given type of natural water.
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The molality of the solution is the quantity of gram-molecules of the substance dissolved in 1,000Â g (55.55 moles) of water
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Ferronsky, V.I., Polyakov, V.A. (2012). Isotope Geochemistry of Natural Waters. In: Isotopes of the Earth's Hydrosphere. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2856-1_2
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