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For completeness sake, let’s assume Jack is correct and the proprietary base is important.
Either the hydroxide is minimal and the secret chemical in the base raises pH without raising alk.
Or
The hydroxide raises pH and the secret chemical depletes the alk rise from the hydroxide without impacting the pH.
I’m open to brainstorming any dissolved chemical additive that can do either of these things. I’m at a loss of how either is chemically possible, but I’d love to be proven wrong since that would give reefers a great new tool for dealing with low pH.
One technical way to accomplish #1 is to have a chemical that binds CO2 and for which the product is not titrated in an alkalinity test. I’m just not aware of any dissolved chemical that can do that.
Binding bicarbonate could have the desired effect of reducing alk and raising pH (exactly the opposite effect of dosing bicarbonate). But again, the product has to not be detected by an alk test.
Anyone have any wild ideas?
Either the hydroxide is minimal and the secret chemical in the base raises pH without raising alk.
Or
The hydroxide raises pH and the secret chemical depletes the alk rise from the hydroxide without impacting the pH.
I’m open to brainstorming any dissolved chemical additive that can do either of these things. I’m at a loss of how either is chemically possible, but I’d love to be proven wrong since that would give reefers a great new tool for dealing with low pH.
One technical way to accomplish #1 is to have a chemical that binds CO2 and for which the product is not titrated in an alkalinity test. I’m just not aware of any dissolved chemical that can do that.
Binding bicarbonate could have the desired effect of reducing alk and raising pH (exactly the opposite effect of dosing bicarbonate). But again, the product has to not be detected by an alk test.
Anyone have any wild ideas?