HCO3 = CaCO3? | Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider …
Feb 14, 2012 · Science is not my strong suit. Please don't laugh at me. I'm married to a scientist and I get enough of that at home. My water report lists "bicarbonate as CaCO3" but BeerSmith …
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 …
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 …
Reducing HCO3 | Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
Double NEIPA recipe advice - Homebrew Talk
Sep 1, 2020 · The weird thing is the software isn't showing any big amounts of wrong values (except the HCO3): The pH with my water treatment and malts is 5.59, I could add 4.1ml of …
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 …