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Re: True or false?

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Re: True or false?
From: Paul Sears <psears at nrn1_NRCan.gc.ca>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 07:59:24 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <200112051810.fB5IAWE08053 at actwin_com> from "Aquatic Plants Digest" at Dec 05, 2001 01:10:32 PM

> From: Boulet Stephen-CSB046 <Stephen.Boulet at motorola_com>
> Subject: True or false?
> 
> True or false: with CO2 injection, a tank with a kH of 5 will be depleted of calcium hardness in a matter of days by the carbonic acid if no extra buffering is added, causing the pH and CO2 concentration to drop?
> 
	False.

> I'd appreciate some comments on this. What do people use for buffering?

	HCO3-/CO2   That is, KH with CO2.

-- 
Paul Sears        Ottawa, Canada

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