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Politics : Politics of Energy
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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (40278)5/31/2013 1:27:44 AM
From: Bilow  Read Replies (1) of 86356
 
Hi Maurice Winn; Re heat capacity of ocean versus atmosphere;

Ocean is mostly made out of H20, molecular weight around 18, air is mostly N2 or O2 molecular weight around 28 to 32. So the average atom in the ocean weighs around 6x a hydrogen atom while the average weight of air atoms is around 15x a hydrogen atom.

Result is that the heat capacity of a pound of ocean is around 2.5x the heat capacity of a pound of air.

-- Carl
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