Re: [APD] Interesting idea

[Jerry Baker <jerry at bakerweb_biz>]

Stuart Halliday wrote:
> I believe Thomas Barr wrote this email section below:
>> Scott et al, 
>> 
>> The good idea from all this is the fact it gets around the KH
>> issue in the tank and variation it can cause.
>> 
>> We have folks claiming 50-200 ppm ranges of CO2 based on the
>> pH/KH test readings and the fish are just fine, others have
>> 35-50ppm and dead fish...........we know there's screwy issues
>> with our assumptions about KH.
>> 
>> By using a referenced solution for the KH, we eliminate one
>> variable/assumpotion that has been causing issues for sometime,
>> but by using a pH color change to measure, we lose some of the
>> accuracy.
>> 
>> ==>>>
>> 
>> So this **obviously** leads us to make a referenced KH solution,
>> that we can __insert a pH probe into__ so we can get very
>> accurate deterimination of CO2 ppms.
>> 
>> ==>>>
>> 
>> That way we have successfully removed the KH interference issues
>> from the tank water and still have saved the accuracy of the pH
>> meter.
>> 
>> You simply add the pH meter inside the solution of the drop
>> checker.
> 
> So once you know it's in a KH of a known value you could design a ph meter 
> that doesn't just display the ph but the CO2 values too?
> 
> After all it's just a mathematical formula isn't it? Or does temperature 
> come into it?
> 
> This would make for an interesting CO2 meter wouldn't it?
> 
> Hmm I wonder how long it would take to get a design knocked up?
> 
> My company is just about to design a ph meter that measures the ph of the 
> flesh of human tissue. Don't ask. ;-)
> 
> I'll ask the engineers at work tomorrow.
> 
> Anyone got a spreadsheet that calculates the relationship of ph/KH/CO2?

You can use my Web-based calculator which solves for any unknown, but 
the formula is CO2 = 3 x [degrees KH] x 10^(7-pH). If you were making a 
spreadsheet formula, it would be something like:

=3*A1*(POWER(10,7-B1))

Where A1 was KH, B1 was pH and the formula is in C1.

-- 
Jerry Baker
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