campden tablet

[DRB]

I,m not going to mess with the water today as it's my first go ,i'm just going to see how it turns out like,but what I would like to do is rid the chlorine /chloromines,as my filter didn't arrive I need to use something else I read somewhere on the old forum about adding a campden tablet,what I want to know is how much and to what volume of water.

[Jim]

I did this with my water for today's brew.

I used 1/2 a tablet in 5gal of water, which I believe is the recommended quantity - Daab will correct me if I'm wrong.

[eskimobob]

I think Campden Tablets are more or less sodium metabisulphite that has been compressed into tablet form. Not sure how much sodium met to use though instead of the tablets.

I use the same 1/2 tablet as Jim in 5 gallons of water.

[Reg]

They lift the fixed chlorine from the water, either a tablet or powdered MBS will do the same job...

Chloromine is a mild bleach used in the photographic and paper manufacture industries. If you have it in your water supply complain to your water company immediately as it is an industrial by-product. Chloramine on the other hand is used by water companies to fix chlorine in drinking water...

I'd refer you to my pious rant in the archives, but having re-read it I posted the forula for chlorethanamine when trying to illustrate the difference, so never trust a chemist.

This wkipedia article should be helpful though... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloramine