El agua de mar o agua salada es una solución hecha o basada en agua que compone los océanos y mares de la Tierra. Es salada por la concentración de sales minerales disueltas que contiene, un 35 ‰ (3,5 % o 35 g/L) como media. La densidad media en superficie es de 1,025 g/ml, siendo más densa que el agua dulce y el agua pura. A mayor contenido en sal más baja su punto de congelación, por lo que el agua del mar se convierte en hielo bajo los −2 °C, si bien se ha registrado una corriente en la Antártida a −2,6 °C. El océano contiene un 97,25 % del total de agua que forma la hidrosfera.

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Seawater, or salt water, is water from a sea or ocean. On average, seawater in the world's oceans has a salinity of about 3.5% (35 g/L, or 0.600 M) This means that every kilogram (roughly one litre by volume) of seawater has approximately 35 grams (1.2 oz) of dissolved salts (predominantly sodium (Na+) and chloride (Cl−) ions). Average density at the surface is 1.025 kg/l. Seawater is denser than both fresh water and pure water (density 1.0 kg/l at 4 °C (39 °F)) because the dissolved salts increase the mass by a larger proportion than the volume. The freezing point of seawater decreases as salt concentration increases. At typical salinity, it freezes at about −2 °C (28 °F). The coldest seawater ever recorded (in a liquid state) was in 2010, in a stream under an Antarctic glacier, and measured −2.6 °C (27.3 °F). Seawater pH is typically limited to a range between 7.5 and 8.4. However, there is no universally accepted reference pH-scale for seawater and the difference between measurements based on different reference scales may be up to 0.14 units.

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