How does the solubility of atmospheric carbon dioxide change with variations in pH and salinity?

Decreasing pH decreases the solubility; increasing salinity increases the salinity.

Explanation:

Atmospheric carbon dioxide in seawater is involved in the following equilibria:

(i)   CO₂(g) ⇌ CO₂(aq)

(ii)  CO₂(aq) + H₂O ⇌ H₂CO₃(aq)  

(iii) H₂CO₃(aq) + H₂O(l) ⇌ H₃O⁺(aq) + HCO₃⁻(aq)  

(iv) HCO₃⁻(aq)+ H₂O(l) ⇌ H₃O⁺(aq) + CO₃²⁻(aq)

1. Effect of pH  

Decreasing pH increases [H₃O⁺].

According to Le Châtelier's Principle, the position of equilibrium of (iv) will be pushed to the left.  

This, in turn, pushes the positions of equilibrium of (iii), (ii), and (i) to the left.

The net effect is that CO₂ is pushed out of the solution and back into the atmosphere.

Thus, decreasing the pH decreases the solubility of atmospheric CO₂.

2. Effect of salinity

Salinity includes the measurement of all ions in seawater, not just Na⁺ and Cl⁻.

An important ion that contributes to salinity is Ca²⁺.

Ca²⁺ ions are involved in the equilibrium  

Ca²⁺(aq) + CO₃²⁻(aq) ⇌ CaCO₃(s).

Thus, increasing the salinity ([Ca²⁺]) removes CO₃²⁻ from the solution and pulls the position of equilibrium of (iv) to the right.

The effect goes back through the chain of equilibria.

The net result is that more atmospheric CO₂(g) dissolves in the seawater to replace the CO₃²⁻ that has been removed.

Increasing the salinity increases the solubility of atmospheric CO₂.

- calcium has greater affinity to bond with electron receptors than hydrogen does and hence, it has the ability to replace hydrogen in most of its compounds.

- lithium has 2 valence electrons in the product because it can make only 1 bond with hydrogen. beryllium has 4 valence electrons in the product because it can only make 2 bonds. it has fewer electrons than neon and can react with electron donors. each hydrogen has 2 valence electrons, the same as helium.

- the covalent bond formed between carbon and hydrogen is polar because carbon is more electronegative than hydrogen and it attracts the bonded electron pair closer to itself, thus giving hydrogen a partial positive charge.

- a hydrogen bond is a relatively weak bond that hydrogen atoms make with the electronegative atoms nitrogen, oxygen or fluorine.

so the best choice is a.) 2 calcium (ca) atoms

the answer is a and have a great day