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At 03:48 PM 4/3/99 -0500, George wrote:
>>From: Dave Gomberg <gomberg at wcf_com>
>>since the bicarbonate ion is dominant
>>at most aquarium pHs (6.5-9) (with increasing importance of the carbonate
>>at lower pHs)
>
>You might recheck your references, Dave. Bicarbonate is predominate at
>lower pH (pKa= ~7) and carbonate is predominate at higher ph (pKa= ~10).
George is right, I meant higher, not lower. (Lower concentration of H+).
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