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 :bowdown:
Isn't it the outgassing of CO2 that raises pH? (as in lowering the alkalinity)
Thanks for any thoughts - Ted![Oops! :oops: :oops:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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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 :bowdown:
Isn't it the outgassing of CO2 that raises pH? (as in lowering the alkalinity)
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Thanks for any thoughts - Ted