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Sodium concentration in Campden tablets?
« on: December 04, 2016, 01:39:40 pm »
Just curious because I like playing with my water chemistry, and I use these to dechlorinate. Anyone know, in ppm, these add?

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Re: Sodium concentration in Campden tablets?
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2016, 02:38:15 pm »
Just curious because I like playing with my water chemistry, and I use these to dechlorinate. Anyone know, in ppm, these add?

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I don't, but you can avoid the issue by using potassium metabisulfite.
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Re: Sodium concentration in Campden tablets?
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2016, 02:45:47 pm »
24ppm sodium, 75+ppm sulfate per 100ppm NAmeta.