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Pete
 
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Is my acid of .675 anthing to worry about?
My book says I can cold stabalize, and it might lower it.

I will be putting it in my fridge shortly.
I can leave it in there until the weather outside is colder.


David C Breeden wrote:
> Pete ) wrote:
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>>I recalabrated my PH meter. It seemed like it was off.

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>>My new acid is .675 with a PH of 2.94
>>I also took a reading from a jug that I did not oak, it was .650 and
>>PH 3.00

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>>By the time I got 8.62 the test vial seemed rather dark.
>>I assumed it was complete when it went from pink to gray.
it was a gray/blue color.
>>If that is the actual end point then my acid is .725

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> The standard endpoint for NaOH titrations is the phenolphthalein
> endpoint, which is 8.2 .
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> I've never heard of anyone using 8.62 before. Is that a French
> thing, like referring to the acid levels as g/l of sulfuric, even
> though there's (one has to hope) no sulfuric there?
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> Dave
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