Abstract
The use of specific electrical conductance of water (C) as a geochemical tracer in flow component separation has been based primarily on certain assumptions about its physical and chemical properties. These assumptions, however, are based on unrelated data, such as in temperature conversions, or based purely on intuition, such as in mixing functions. However, a better approach would be to experimentally analyze these assumptions. This paper studies the basic relationships between C, temperature & pH and also their respective mixing functions. An understanding of these properties would lead to better modeling using C.
This study found that different C-temperature function exists for each kind of flow water source, and a complete sampling is required for an accurate estimate of this function. This study also found that the quality of water should be considered for future studies using C.
