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Re: R.O. UNIT





Dave Gomberg wrote:

> At 01:11 PM 3/30/99 -0800, David Sanchez wrote:
> >If you change and maintain the carbon and micron
> >filters according to the manufacter's guidlines I have
> >gotten water at about 6.5 consistantly after a day of
> >settling.
>
> So you are saying that the water after RO and one day of exposure to the
> atmosphere is pH 6.5?   And you call that acid?

My 30 year old chemistry text says anything under pH 7.0 is acidic. Have things
changed since then?????

> I would bet it is just CO2 uptake.

You're probably right. Carbonic acid isn't especially strong - at the level of
CO2 found in the atmosphere.

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> Dave Gomberg, San Francisco            mailto:gomberg@wcf.com
> http://www.wcf.com/co2iron
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