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Re: Water analysis (was APD V3 #985
Hello Alice,
I had this feeling of something being wrong with this analysis, but
could not put my finger on it. All of a sudden it became clear:
If one has 19.0 mg/L calcium and 1.2 mg/L magnesium in the water, the
total hardness of the water CAN NOT be 16 mg/L!!!! Just the calcium
content of 19.0 mg/L would give a 47.5 ppm (mg/L) water hardness.
What you have here is a slightly fake (or incompetent) water analysis!
Best,
George
> When I asked the seller, they sent me the following description of > the mineral content - vis a vis milligrams per liter
> Bicarbonate 22.0
> Chloride 5.1
> Flouride ND (None detectable)
> Nitrate 0.3
> Silica 7.3
> Sulfate 5.0
> Calcium 19.0
> Magnesium 1.2
> Potassium 0.4
> Sodium 3.0
> TDS (by meter) 38.0 (Total Dissolved Solids)
> Total Hardness 16.0
> pH 6.5