Re: Sodium vs. Potassium Carbonate

From: Libby Young (jumpstart@e-mg.co.za)
Date: 05/26/00-10:45:58 AM Z

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according to the darroom cookbook (great book btw) you can substitute
sodium carbonate (monohydrated) for potassium carbonate (anhydrous) --
multiple the amount by 0.9

At 12:11 PM 5/26/00 -0400, you wrote:
>I have a formula that uses potassium carbonate. Can I use sodium carbonate
>instead? The purpose of the salt in that formula is mainly to set pH. How
can
>I calculate the amount needed?
>
>I know I can calculate the conversion with molecular weight, but will that
>give me the same pH? How can one calculate the conversion to maintain the
>same pH?
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>Dave Soemarko
>
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