It's *about* in terms of weight percentage. It's *precise* in terms of molarity. But the molar weight of sodium and hydrogen are different, so it's not exact in w/v pr cent. Ole Tjugen On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:06:36 -0500, Sandy King <sanking@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > According to Gordon Hutchings, from The Book of Pyro, a liter of > working solution of PMK, using the standard 1:2:100 dilution, > contains 0.02 grams of sodium sulfite. This would indicate that the > sodium bisulfite in the stock solution (20 grams per 1000 ml of Stock > A) is produced by the sodium bisulfite at a 1:1 ratio. Can anyone > tell me if this is an *about* or *precise* rate of conversion? > > Also, would the substitution of sodium sulfite in the stock solution, > assuming one were not concerned with longevity of the solution, be > expected to work at the same pH and give the same results as when > using sodium bisulfite? > > Sandy King > > ============================================================================================================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.