Hi Everyone,
Its my 1st post on HomeBrewTalk and I want to welcome everyone.
I brew beer for about 2.5 years now.
I want to go deeper into water chemistry and I'm struggling a bit with getting the numbers right (I think) because what I see is really high.
In the report I've got from my water company I have these values:
Calcium - 121 mg/l
Magnesium - 38 mg/l
Sodium - 21.8 mg/l
Chlorides - 53 mg/l
Sulfates - 86.5 mg/l
PH at around 7.5
I didn't get HCO3 or CaCO3 values so I've tried to calculate it myself:
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CaCO3 = (Ca (ppm)/20 + Mg (ppm)/12.1) x 50
CaCO3 = (121/20 + 37.8/12.1) x 50
CaCO3 = (6.05 + 3.1) x 50
CaCO3 = 9.15 x 50
CaCO3 = 458
HCO3 = CaCO3 x (61/50)
HCO3 = 458 x 1.22
HCO3 = 558.76
German Degrees (°D) - 25.6
milli-equivalent/l - millival - 9.12
mmol/l CaCO3 - 4.56
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I do not have a lot of background in chemistry (almost none) and not sure if I did it correctly.
Can you please advise me on this?
Thanks lot!
br
osatronix
Its my 1st post on HomeBrewTalk and I want to welcome everyone.
I brew beer for about 2.5 years now.
I want to go deeper into water chemistry and I'm struggling a bit with getting the numbers right (I think) because what I see is really high.
In the report I've got from my water company I have these values:
Calcium - 121 mg/l
Magnesium - 38 mg/l
Sodium - 21.8 mg/l
Chlorides - 53 mg/l
Sulfates - 86.5 mg/l
PH at around 7.5
I didn't get HCO3 or CaCO3 values so I've tried to calculate it myself:
=====
CaCO3 = (Ca (ppm)/20 + Mg (ppm)/12.1) x 50
CaCO3 = (121/20 + 37.8/12.1) x 50
CaCO3 = (6.05 + 3.1) x 50
CaCO3 = 9.15 x 50
CaCO3 = 458
HCO3 = CaCO3 x (61/50)
HCO3 = 458 x 1.22
HCO3 = 558.76
German Degrees (°D) - 25.6
milli-equivalent/l - millival - 9.12
mmol/l CaCO3 - 4.56
=====
I do not have a lot of background in chemistry (almost none) and not sure if I did it correctly.
Can you please advise me on this?
Thanks lot!
br
osatronix