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HCl Pool Acid370g/L319.0238984g/kg1 dKH =17.848
mg/L of CaCO3
0.0001783195124
mol/L of CaCO3 per dKH
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calcium carbonate molar mass
100.09g/mol
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Step 1
dilute fuming pool acid to make it safer/easier to work with. ie not fuming anymore
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Acid pH-1.006373863pHTapWater pH7.6
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H+ conc10.14784589M (mole/L)KH4dKH71.392mg/L0.35696g0.003566390249moles CaCO3
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Volume10ml0.01LH+ conc0.00000002511886432M (mole/L)0.0000001255943216moles H+
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0.1014784589moles H+Water Vol5L
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Equation Notes
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After mixing --->Total H+0.09434580396moles H+
Ca++ + CO3-- + H+ + Cl- -> Ca++ + HCO3- + Cl-
Legend
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Total Vol5.01L
2CaCO3 + 2HCl -> CaCl2 + Ca(HCO3)2
input variables
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H+ conc0.0188314978M (mole/L)
CO3-- + CO2 + H2O -> 2HCO3-
caution acid
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NH3 -> NO2 -> NO3-
very strong FUMING acid
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pH1.725115136
CaCO3 + 2H+ + 2Cl- -> CaCl2 + H2O +CO2
output data
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very wrong
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Step 2
mix "diluted" acid into bucket for water change. Still adults only
mixing bucket48L
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Acid Vol200ml0.2LH+ conc7.6pH0.00000002511886432M (mole/L)0.000001205705487moles H+
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0.003766299559moles H+KH4dKH71.392mg/L3.426816g0.03423734639moles CaCO30.0007132780498M (mole/L)
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pKa3.146741141
<- is that even close? if so then what?
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After mixing --->Total Vol48.2
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assuming 2:1 ratio of moles HCl used per mole of CaCO3
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CaCO3 left0.03235419661mole CaCO33.238331539g67.46524039mg/L3.779988816dKH0.0006712488923M (mole/L)
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H+ left0.000001205705487moles H+0.00000002511886432mole/L7.6pH
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Step 3
pour bucket into tank
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Vol used48.2LTank Vol131.8
L (include sump water volume)
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H+ conc0.00000002511886432M (mole/L)0.00000121072926moles H+
Vol lowered to
83.6
L for water change
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CaCO30.0006712488923M (mole/L)0.03235419661moles CaCO3H+ conc7.8pH0.00000001584893192M (mole/L)0.000001324970709moles H+
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KH5dKH89.24mg/L7.460464g0.0745375562moles CaCO30.0008915975622M (mole/L)
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pKa3.049831128
<- is that even close? if so then what?
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After mixing --->Total Vol131.8L
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Total H+0.000002535699969moles H+
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H+ conc0.00000001923899825M (mole/L)
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pH7.715817545
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assuming 1:1 ratio of moles HCl used per mole of CaCO3
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CaCO3 left0.1068905421mole CaCO310.69867436g81.17355354mg/L4.548047599dKH0.0008110056303M (mole/L)
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Guess pH method
H+ conc7.726858877pH0.00000001875603882M (mole/L)0.000002472045916moles H+
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used H+0.00000006365405257moles H+
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CaCO3 left0.1068916892mole CaCO310.69878917g81.17442464mg/L4.548096405dKH0.0008110143335M (mole/L)
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