Adding baking soda to the kettle to achieve HCO3 target?
Apr 21, 2020 · Since there really isn't a beer style HCO3 ppm target, the purpose of baking soda, or any source of HCO3, is solely to raise a low mash PH to the ideal mash PH - typically only needed for …
HCO3 = CaCO3? - Homebrew Talk
Feb 14, 2012 · My water report lists "bicarbonate as CaCO3" but BeerSmith is asking for bicarbonate as HCO3. Can one derive the former from the latter? Does any of this really matter since apparently I …
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 as a function of Bicarbonate, HCO3
May 27, 2010 · My most recent Lab Wards report shows my Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 as 89, my Bicarbonate, HCO3 as 97 and my pH as 8.1. I had read that for pH under 8.3 Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 …
Reducing HCO3 - Homebrew Talk
May 28, 2017 · I'm from Galveston Texas. I have two broad questions, but bear with some background information first: 2016 Water report: Ca 2+ 37 Mg 2+ 7 HCO3 - 127 SO4 2- 38 Na + 37 Cl - 51 pH 8.1 …
alkalinity as CaCO3 - Homebrew Talk
Jan 21, 2009 · This assumes that HCO3- has one alkalinity equivalent and that CaCO3 has 2 alkalinity equivalents. As a result you mulyiply [HCO3-] with 50 and divide by 61. The result is 0.5ppm …
Bicarbonate from Total Alkalinity - Homebrew Talk
Dec 5, 2012 · To quote him from an email: "HCO3 (bicarbonate) is a fractional part of CaCO3 (units of the total alkalinity), by means of the molecular weights 100.086 to 61.016 (61.016/100.086 = 0.6096). …
Very high bicarbonate in water, what to do? - Homebrew Talk
Nov 18, 2020 · Hi all, I just got a water analysis from the town council and entered the numbers into my software. It turns out that the HCO3 level is 397ppm. As I understand, that reduces the drop of PH …
Total Hardness vs Alkalinity - Homebrew Talk
Jul 4, 2023 · bicarbonate == HCO3, so take a wild guess ;-) Alkalinity "as CaCO3" is a fictional unit and means how much alkalinity you'd get if you added that much CaCO3. If you add for example …
Calculating HCO3- level from other parameters. - Homebrew Talk
Nov 2, 2010 · Ok, so it's been a little while since high school chemistry so I need a little help. I got a water profile from the town which had all of the necessary info to plug into Beersmith 2 except the …
brewing with very hard water - reducing bicarbonate
Feb 23, 2019 · HCO3- has a 'rounded' molecular weight of 61 and a valence of -1 CaCO3 has a 'rounded' molecular weight of 100, and its cation and anion components have valences of +2 and -2 …