Water Chemistry Textbook

["Schenck, Lyndle" <lschenck at dcscorp_com>]

Mr. Gomberg's response is right on.  If you really want to understand how
hardness, alkalanity, and  pH are interrelated in our aquariums you have 
to first understand the basics.  For the novice a high-school chemistry 
book may be a necessary start but probably might need to be augmented 
with a basic college text.
 
I have recently been getting good use of "Chemistryfor Environmental 
Engineering"  Sawyer/McCarty/Parkin McGraw Hill 1994.
 
Lyndle Schenck
 
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>> Can someone please recommend a good water chemistry text book,
>> something that will help me follow all the chemistry-heavy threads on
>> this list and its archives?

> Go to your local used book store and find a freshman chemistry book.
> Or even a high-school one.

Mr. Gomberg, I do not appreciate your patronizing tone.
I specifically posted that request on this list because
there are list members, who are well-versed in chemistry,
who could suggest reliable text books, the kinds that are
not peppered with errors. I would never waste my hard-
earned money by getting a book the way you just described.


- shireen



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