I know now. Oxygen molecule is a nonpolar covalent bond therefore its charge is basically stable, maybe it can be attracted to hydrogen atoms of water but it is very very very very very weak. On the other hand, salt has a polar ionic bonding, more powerful than what oxygen molecule has. Since water and salt are polar they are more attracted to each other and water now has nothing to do with oxygen molecule. Hence a water with more salt holds less DO than pure water.
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will water cavitation increase Dissolved Oxygen concentration in the ponds ?
can you please explain the physics behind why DO decreases with increasing salinity?
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I know now. Oxygen molecule is a nonpolar covalent bond therefore its charge is basically stable, maybe it can be attracted to hydrogen atoms of water but it is very very very very very weak. On the other hand, salt has a polar ionic bonding, more powerful than what oxygen molecule has. Since water and salt are polar they are more attracted to each other and water now has nothing to do with oxygen molecule. Hence a water with more salt holds less DO than pure water.
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we measured the salinity of oman sea it was 30000 ppm and DO was > 100 % what do you see