Re: CSAdding bicarb of soda to water for brewing

2006-01-09 Thread Marshall Dudley
Please see the message I left about this some time later, some of the reactions are not thermodynamically favored and would not happen. Mashall Jim Holmes wrote: I am curious to see this explored in depth. I could not see Bruce Marx doing something that was completely unworkable. Jim

RE: CSAdding bicarb of soda to water for brewing

2006-01-09 Thread Jim Holmes
Yes, Thank you. I found that after I wrote to you. How do we find out the real deal? Jim -Original Message- From: Marshall Dudley [mailto:mdud...@king-cart.com] Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 8:41 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CSAdding bicarb of soda to water for

RE: CSAdding bicarb of soda to water for brewing

2006-01-07 Thread Ode Coyote
After reading what Bruce marks says about buffering with baking soda, I decided to try it. I dipped a toothpick tip into baking soda to get as little as possible on it..a clump about the size of 3 or 4 grains of table salt..and swished that into a pint of distiller water. I don't

RE: CSAdding bicarb of soda to water for brewing

2006-01-06 Thread Jim Holmes
I am curious to see this explored in depth. I could not see Bruce Marx doing something that was completely unworkable. Jim -Original Message- From: Marshall Dudley [mailto:mdud...@king-cart.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 10:32 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: CSAdding

Re: CSAdding bicarb of soda to water for brewing

2005-12-21 Thread Ode Coyote
Uh, don't forget the Ag+ Ode At 12:32 PM 12/20/2005 -0500, you wrote: Adding a very small amount of baking soda to distilled water that has picked up some CO2 and formed carbonic acid is very interesting to analyze. CO2 + H2O - H2CO3 or carbonic acid NaHCO3 + H2CO3 - NaOH + 2CO2 + H2O

Re: CSAdding bicarb of soda to water for brewing

2005-12-21 Thread Marshall Dudley
Conductivity will increase, you will end up with silver carbonate until all the baking soda is used up, then it will start making CS normally. End result is an increased level of silver carbonate, which is quite light sensitive, and if you add enough, then no CS may be produced at all. Marshall

RE: CSAdding bicarb of soda to water for brewing

2005-12-21 Thread Jim Holmes
I originally wrote: What is the overall result of adding sodium hydrogen carbonate to .4 PPM TDS distilled and then using that water to make CS? I should have included: The baking soda is added to raise the TDS to 4.5 PPM. Jim -Original Message- From: Jim Holmes

Re: CSAdding bicarb of soda to water for brewing

2005-12-20 Thread Marshall Dudley
Ignore this message, all the reactions are not thermodynamically possible. According to those more knowledeable than I on this what you would end up with would be CO2 continuing to exist in the water, both as CO3-- and HCO3-, with no evolution of CO2 at all. Nice idea, but unworkable. Marshall

RE: CSAdding bicarb of soda to water for brewing

2005-12-20 Thread Jim Holmes
What is the overall result of adding sodium hydrogen carbonate to .4 PPM TDS distilled and then using that water to make CS? Jim -Original Message- From: Marshall Dudley [mailto:mdud...@king-cart.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 11:17 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: