• L.Leena Sumam
• M.Mathevan Pillai

Sodium chloride or common salt is an integral part of our daily diet. Salt is produced mainly by solar evaporation. Sea brine, subsoil brine and underground brine are the major sources of salt. In the solar salt pan of Puthalam, subsoil brine is used to manufacture salt. The major abiotic determinants that affect the salt production are temperature, salinity, pH , dissolved oxygen, alkalinity, hardness etc. These physico-chemical parameters play an important role in improving the rate of salt production. They vary with the different environmental conditions. Temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen are highly related. When temperature and salinity increased, dissolved oxygen decreased. pH increased from source to reservoir and decreased from condenser to crystalliser. Hardness and alkalinity increased from reservoir to condenser. The abiotic components exhibited seasonal variation also.

The abiotic determinants in a solar salt pan of Kanyakumari District - A Study

"The abiotic determinants in a solar salt pan of Kanyakumari District - A Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no.807-812, February-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAB06153.pdf

"The abiotic determinants in a solar salt pan of Kanyakumari District - A Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no. pp807-812, February-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAB06153.pdf