Investigation of chemical sound absorption in sea water: Part III

Chemical sound absorption in sea water cannot be considered the sum of independent relaxation processes because many equilibria have common ions. Effects of coupling on the MgCO₃⁰ and MgB(OH)⁺₄ relaxations can be explained as simple buffer reactions that equilibrate rapidly and follow the slower reactions. The B(OH)₃ relaxation, however, is explained by a different mechanism involving exchange with the HCO₃⁻/CO₃²⁻ system.