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Yo! math wiz help, please!
Somewhere in the back of my foggy ol' brain, I seem to remember that "ppm"
was the same as "mg/l". Yes? No? I need to convert the doseage for dry ChlorAm-X into something I understand a little better . . . Lee -- Lee B. See my Zone 9 a/b ponds at: http://community.webshots.com/user/dragnp |
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Yo! math wiz help, please!
Well, sort of. ppm stands for parts per million. There are a million
milligrams of water in 1 liter (=1000 grams at standard blah blah blah). But going from dry units to liquid isn't the same. I did a search on cloram-x and found something that said 5 lbs treats 18,794 gallons (or about 1/4 lb / 1000 gallons). Maybe that helps? Lee Brouillet wrote: Somewhere in the back of my foggy ol' brain, I seem to remember that "ppm" was the same as "mg/l". Yes? No? I need to convert the doseage for dry ChlorAm-X into something I understand a little better . . . Lee |
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Yo! math wiz help, please!
How can you have mg per liter, when mg is weight and l is volume?
Carolyn "Matt Rosing" wrote in message ... Well, sort of. ppm stands for parts per million. There are a million milligrams of water in 1 liter (=1000 grams at standard blah blah blah). But going from dry units to liquid isn't the same. I did a search on cloram-x and found something that said 5 lbs treats 18,794 gallons (or about 1/4 lb / 1000 gallons). Maybe that helps? Lee Brouillet wrote: Somewhere in the back of my foggy ol' brain, I seem to remember that "ppm" was the same as "mg/l". Yes? No? I need to convert the doseage for dry ChlorAm-X into something I understand a little better . . . Lee |
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Yo! math wiz help, please!
OK, I'm math impaired, so don't confuse me . . . I think it goes something
like this: you use X grams (or ounces) for each mg/liter of ammonia. My test kits read ppm, not mg/liter. So, if my incoming water has 1 ppm ammonia in it (chloramines in the water supply), do I treat the ppm as mg/liter and add the ChlorAm-X accordingly? FYG, the patent on AmQuel has expired, so the "recipe" is open . . . ChlorAm-X is Amquel's formula, but about half the cost. Unfortunately, their doseage info needs some work . . . it's a good thing you can't overdose the stuff! Lee "Lee Brouillet" wrote in message ... Somewhere in the back of my foggy ol' brain, I seem to remember that "ppm" was the same as "mg/l". Yes? No? I need to convert the doseage for dry ChlorAm-X into something I understand a little better . . . Lee -- Lee B. See my Zone 9 a/b ponds at: http://community.webshots.com/user/dragnp |
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Yo! math wiz help, please!
Metric really is nice: 1 liter of water weighs 1 kg and measures 10cm on
a side. Carolyn LeCrone wrote: How can you have mg per liter, when mg is weight and l is volume? Carolyn "Matt Rosing" wrote in message ... Well, sort of. ppm stands for parts per million. There are a million milligrams of water in 1 liter (=1000 grams at standard blah blah blah). But going from dry units to liquid isn't the same. I did a search on cloram-x and found something that said 5 lbs treats 18,794 gallons (or about 1/4 lb / 1000 gallons). Maybe that helps? |
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Yo! math wiz help, please!
On 28 May 2003 08:11:14 -0500, "Lee Brouillet" wrote:
OK, I'm math impaired, so don't confuse me . . . I think it goes something like this: you use X grams (or ounces) for each mg/liter of ammonia. My test kits read ppm, not mg/liter. So, if my incoming water has 1 ppm ammonia in it (chloramines in the water supply), do I treat the ppm as mg/liter and add the ChlorAm-X accordingly? FYG, the patent on AmQuel has expired, so the "recipe" is open . . . ChlorAm-X is Amquel's formula, but about half the cost. Unfortunately, their doseage info needs some work . . . it's a good thing you can't overdose the stuff! Lee, you are in luck, having some minor water quality issues I had to check with my fellow KHA on dosing w/AmQuel. 1 Tablespoon treats 125 gallons for 1ppm ammonia. Thanks for the info on the patent expiration, will really help all of us to have this product on hand in case of emergencies and pH crashes. Where did you purchase it from? ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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Yo! math wiz help, please!
Jan: I purchased the ChlorAm-X from AES, but if you do a search, I know
there are several other places that are selling it, too. The info on doseage is not "quite" what I was looking for: the instructions on the ChlorAm-X use mg/l, but my test kit uses ppm. I "think" that ppm equates to mg/l . . . that's what I need to know. The amount to use I can deal with, I just need to verify that ppm=mg/l. Of course, with this stuff, you really can't overdose, but I don't want to "under"dose either! Lee "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... On 28 May 2003 08:11:14 -0500, "Lee Brouillet" wrote: Lee, you are in luck, having some minor water quality issues I had to check with my fellow KHA on dosing w/AmQuel. 1 Tablespoon treats 125 gallons for 1ppm ammonia. Thanks for the info on the patent expiration, will really help all of us to have this product on hand in case of emergencies and pH crashes. Where did you purchase it from? ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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Yo! math wiz help, please!
"Matt Rosing" wrote in message ... Metric really is nice: 1 liter of water weighs 1 kg and measures 10cm on a side. snip Amen. If I could change one thing in the US...it would be our system of measurement. BV. |
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Yo! math wiz help, please!
Lee, Hope this helps, I asked DH the chemist and this is the answer I got:
My question to him (via our intra-net) does ppm = mg/l? His Answer: A liter is 1000mL and there is 1000 milligrams in a gram. 1000 x 1000 = 1000000 or a million, so part per million. That is how I remember. Like a simple yes would not have sufficed here!? I guess I should mention to him that he didn't need to send me a "memory aid" that's what I keep him around for, to answer these types of questions...... and move the heavy stuff. ;o) ~ jan On 29 May 2003 06:57:08 -0500, "Lee Brouillet" wrote: Jan: I purchased the ChlorAm-X from AES, but if you do a search, I know there are several other places that are selling it, too. The info on doseage is not "quite" what I was looking for: the instructions on the ChlorAm-X use mg/l, but my test kit uses ppm. I "think" that ppm equates to mg/l . . . that's what I need to know. The amount to use I can deal with, I just need to verify that ppm=mg/l. Of course, with this stuff, you really can't overdose, but I don't want to "under"dose either! Lee "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message .. . On 28 May 2003 08:11:14 -0500, "Lee Brouillet" wrote: Lee, you are in luck, having some minor water quality issues I had to check with my fellow KHA on dosing w/AmQuel. 1 Tablespoon treats 125 gallons for 1ppm ammonia. Thanks for the info on the patent expiration, will really help all of us to have this product on hand in case of emergencies and pH crashes. Where did you purchase it from? ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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Yo! math wiz help, please!
Thanks Jan! I thought that's what it was, but I needed to make sure. It gets
confusing when your tests are in "ppm", but the "cure" is in mg/l . . . it would have been so much simpler if they had just put in in parenthesis or something! Thank your hubby for me! Lee "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... Lee, Hope this helps, I asked DH the chemist and this is the answer I got: My question to him (via our intra-net) does ppm = mg/l? His Answer: A liter is 1000mL and there is 1000 milligrams in a gram. 1000 x 1000 = 1000000 or a million, so part per million. That is how I remember. Like a simple yes would not have sufficed here!? I guess I should mention to him that he didn't need to send me a "memory aid" that's what I keep him around for, to answer these types of questions...... and move the heavy stuff. ;o) ~ jan On 29 May 2003 06:57:08 -0500, "Lee Brouillet" wrote: Jan: I purchased the ChlorAm-X from AES, but if you do a search, I know there are several other places that are selling it, too. The info on doseage is not "quite" what I was looking for: the instructions on the ChlorAm-X use mg/l, but my test kit uses ppm. I "think" that ppm equates to mg/l . . . that's what I need to know. The amount to use I can deal with, I just need to verify that ppm=mg/l. Of course, with this stuff, you really can't overdose, but I don't want to "under"dose either! Lee "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message .. . On 28 May 2003 08:11:14 -0500, "Lee Brouillet" wrote: Lee, you are in luck, having some minor water quality issues I had to check with my fellow KHA on dosing w/AmQuel. 1 Tablespoon treats 125 gallons for 1ppm ammonia. Thanks for the info on the patent expiration, will really help all of us to have this product on hand in case of emergencies and pH crashes. Where did you purchase it from? ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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