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Table 1
Concentration, temperature range, pressure, density of salt solutions.
| Concentration | wt% | Temperature | Pressure | Density |
| g MS7/kg H2O | MgSO4/kg H2O | range (± 5) (K) | (bar) | (g cm-3) |
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| 20 | 10.5 (MS10.5) | 90.1–225.02 | 5 ± 0.01 | 1.016 ± 0.001 |
| 20 | 10.5 (MS10.5) | 90.01–240 | 10 ± 0.01 | 1.016 ± 0.001 |
| 5 | 3.1 (MS3.1) | 89.96–245.04 | 20 ± 0.01 | 1.003 ± 0.001 |
Notes. For comparison, the wt% salinity of Enceladus’ ocean is estimated to be in the range 2−10 g salt per kg H2O (Zolotov 2007), that of Europa is estimated to lie between 1.1 and 96.8 g salt (MgSO4) per kg H2O (Hand & Chyba 2007).
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