I'm pretty sure its possible but don't really know how feasible it is, but.. Let's say I raise the ph of water by using soda carb to 12ish. Would I only have to add a small amount of lye to push it to 13-14? I'm asking because I like my stb tek. Its simple, quick, clean, and I've perfected it, but I would like to reduce the amount of lye I use so I thought I might be able to do that by starting off with a higher ph solution. "I am cursed by the blossoming knowledge of my feminine ideal and she looks suspiciously like you."
"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." -AE
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if you want to get ph 14 without lye, just use calcium hydroxide. My wind instrument is the bong
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How many g/ml do you need with sodium carbonate to get it to 12.5? Would any precip and cause a mess?
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DreaMTripper wrote:How many g/ml do you need with sodium carbonate to get it to 12.5? Would any precip and cause a mess? he said stb so i am assuming its dry. My wind instrument is the bong
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Infinundulum wrote: You can now dissolve 12.5 grams of it / litre water for a pH of ~12 .......or 25.0 grams of it / litre water for a pH of ~12.3 .......or 37.5 grams of it / litre water for a pH of ~12.4 .......or 50 grams of it / litre water for a pH of ~12.45 .......or 100 grams of it / litre water for a pH of ~12.5 .......or 200 grams of it / litre water for a pH of ~12.7 I also don't know where calcium hydroxide is available. I know calcium hydroxide is used in commercial settings to make certain molecules colloidal, which made me wonder if id have a large number of floaties in my jars if I used that. Lol. "I am cursed by the blossoming knowledge of my feminine ideal and she looks suspiciously like you."
"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." -AE
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Du57mi73 wrote:
I also don't know where calcium hydroxide is available. I know calcium hydroxide is used in commercial settings to make certain molecules colloidal, which made me wonder if id have a large number of floaties in my jars if I used that. Lol.
"Put a lime lime the pickle jar n' shake it all up." Er hmmm, pickling lime. It can be found wherever canning supplies are sold. + ---- + ---- + ---- + ---- + ---- + ---- + ---- + ---- DMT Nexus Research ---- + ---- + ---- + ---- + ---- + ---- + ---- + ---- +
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wearepeople wrote:It can be found wherever canning supplies are sold. When I was hunting for pickling lime a while back, I didn't have any luck at my local grocery stores that sell canning supplies, but I did finally find a massive bag of the stuff for like $1.50 at a little Mexican grocery store. At those little Mexican markets it would most likely be labeled "cal", if it doesn't say "lime" on the bag,
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