Hello all you chem folk![]()
The other day someone said to use CO2 instead of muriatic acid to reduce pH in a feeder mechanism. The argument over using the acid is that if the valve somehow got stuck open and no one checked the pH for a period of time the lowest the CO2 would take the pH is ~6.4 while the unchecked acid would eventually drop the pH to ~.5 It didn't quite sound right to me, so I put it up to you who are much more kowledgeable than I![]()
Isn't it the outgassing of CO2 that raises pH? (as in lowering the alkalinity)![]()
Thanks for any thoughts - Ted![]()