Hitch08
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I would like to switch from NOPOX to vinegar and I'm trying to figure out the correct calculation for switching. I found an older post by TMZ:
If I am dosing 8 ml of NOPOX per day, that is 1.4 total organic C per day. To switch to vinegar (5% acetic acid), and maintain the same level of organic C per day, I would dose 28 ml of vinegar per day?
Am I doing that correctly? Chemistry was my worst class in High School. I received a "C" and my father has a Ph.D. It didn't go over well...
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NOPOX analysis and conversions to vodka and vinegar are in this thread:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2408985&highlight=nopox
Essentially NOPOX is 6 parts ethanol to 1 part acetic acid. It also includes abut 3% methanol and some isoprophol alclohol and perhaps other small impurites . The methanol is likely added to avoid taxation as a consumable liquor.
So, each ml of NOPOX contains approximately : .15 ml ethanol(.3 @ 50% per the recipe) and approximately .025ml acetic acid(.05 @ 50%) . Total organic C is about .175 per ml; the rest is water. Total organic C for 40% ethanol vodka/80proof is .4 per ml. Total organic C for 5% acetic acid vinegar is 0.05 ml.
If I am dosing 8 ml of NOPOX per day, that is 1.4 total organic C per day. To switch to vinegar (5% acetic acid), and maintain the same level of organic C per day, I would dose 28 ml of vinegar per day?
Am I doing that correctly? Chemistry was my worst class in High School. I received a "C" and my father has a Ph.D. It didn't go over well...
:reading: