GhostRider58
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I have a few questions for Randy, or any other chemist in the forum. I just want someone else to check my calculations.
First, I am dosing carbon using the data from the now famous article "Vodka dosing...Distilled". At this point I am up to 5.6 mL vinegar (that's 5% aqueous acetic acid). I bought a dosing pump from BRS that doses 1.1 mL/min. Now adding such a small amount of solution is rather inaccurate. So, I prepared a 1.5% aq. acetic acid solution (15 mL glacial acetic acid in 1 L water). If my calculations are correct, then 18.66 mL of 1.5% aq. acetic acid equals 5.6 mL of vinegar (5% soln). Is that correct? Now dosing 18.66 mL solution at 1.1 mL/min, I would set the timer for 17 min. Correct? I did the calculations by determining the amount of moles needed, but I want to be sure and have another chemist check my work. Simple calculations, but sometimes it is good to have a referee.
Thank you in advance for checking my work.
Tom
First, I am dosing carbon using the data from the now famous article "Vodka dosing...Distilled". At this point I am up to 5.6 mL vinegar (that's 5% aqueous acetic acid). I bought a dosing pump from BRS that doses 1.1 mL/min. Now adding such a small amount of solution is rather inaccurate. So, I prepared a 1.5% aq. acetic acid solution (15 mL glacial acetic acid in 1 L water). If my calculations are correct, then 18.66 mL of 1.5% aq. acetic acid equals 5.6 mL of vinegar (5% soln). Is that correct? Now dosing 18.66 mL solution at 1.1 mL/min, I would set the timer for 17 min. Correct? I did the calculations by determining the amount of moles needed, but I want to be sure and have another chemist check my work. Simple calculations, but sometimes it is good to have a referee.
Thank you in advance for checking my work.
Tom
