Bottled Water Bicarbonates/Alkalinity - CaCo3 or HCO3?

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Bottled Water Bicarbonates/Alkalinity - CaCo3 or HCO3?

Post by chastuck » Tue Jun 18, 2013 2:54 pm

Come on brain boxes, tell me the answer. When you read the bicarbonate levels on bottled water, are they quoting the figure as CaCO3 or HCO3?
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Re: Bottled Water Bicarbonates/Alkalinity - CaCo3 or HCO3?

Post by Aleman » Tue Jun 18, 2013 5:00 pm

As I said yesterday on the other forum they are quoting it as HCO3-

Well at least they appear to be doing so when I measure it just to make sure :roll:
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